Re: initial splash screen instead of file

[Richard Stallman]

    * Have a time-out: if the user doesn't type/click anything
    within the time-out, then automatically switch to the user's buffer.
    The risk is the user will think Emacs is just slow starting up.
    So perhaps you need a *visble* countdown timer:

    Type C-l to begin editing your file.
    Will switch to your file in N seconds unless you type a space.

    where N counts down from (say) 10 to 1.  The countdown draws
    attention to it, so people don't just think Emacs is slow.

That sounds like a good idea to me.  Want to write the patch?

    * Use bigger emphasis for the "Type C-l to begin editing your file.
    line - perhaps a bigger fond and/or bold and/or flashing.

That would be good too.