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Re: Initial splash screen
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Initial splash screen |
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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:09:29 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stephen Berman <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:43:01 +0200 David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> and starting Emacs without a filename gives
>> us a frame where nothing useful can be displayed yet.
>
> Well, that's what being debated in the thread I forked off of; many
> people do find an initial *scratch* buffer useful.
The initial *scratch* buffer is useful for _writing_ (which will
obliterate the splash screen just fine). An initial _file_ buffer in
contrast, is supposed to be useful for _reading_, and one can't start
reading as long as the splash screen is blocking the reading.
>> So there is no point in not showing the splash screen indefinitely
>> if we are called without file name.
>
> If by `indefinitely' you mean upon every invocation, again, the
> point is the same as the reason for having inhibit-splash-screen,
> whose effect is not constrained to starting Emacs with a file name.
Which is a mistake in my book: people have reported the habit of just
starting another Emacs without file name if they find themselves in
want of reading up on the splash screen. Having inhibit-splash-screen
not able to discriminate between the with-file and without-file
invocation takes away this expedience.
>> But _with_ a file name, the situation is different, and we should
>> cater for it differently.
>
> I don't see such a difference: the information in the splash screen
> should be learned even if a user always starts Emacs with a file
> name (and once the information is learned, the splash screen need
> not appear any more, even if you start Emacs without a file name).
You are assuming a perfect memory.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: A wish, a plea, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/06/22
- Re: A wish, a plea, Glenn Morris, 2007/06/22
- Re: A wish, a plea, Karl Fogel, 2007/06/22
- Re: A wish, a plea, Glenn Morris, 2007/06/22
- Re: A wish, a plea, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/06/22
- Initial splash screen (was Re: A wish, a plea), Stephen Berman, 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen, David Kastrup, 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen, Stephen Berman, 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Initial splash screen, Stephen Berman, 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen (was Re: A wish, a plea), Richard Stallman, 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen (was Re: A wish, a plea), Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen (was Re: A wish, a plea), Richard Stallman, 2007/06/23
- Re: Initial splash screen, David Kastrup, 2007/06/23
- Re: Initial splash screen (was Re: A wish, a plea), Stephen Berman, 2007/06/22
- Re: Initial splash screen, David Kastrup, 2007/06/23
- Re: Initial splash screen, Stephen Berman, 2007/06/23
- Re: Initial splash screen, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/23
- Re: Initial splash screen, David Kastrup, 2007/06/23