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Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:00:03 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> > The way Emacs currently handles the splash screen is completely
> > unsatisfactory, because it gives the impression that the splash screen
> > is being displayed *instead of* the file specified by the user (and
> > thus implies that Emacs is unable to process command line arguments.)
>
> Yes, this looks like a bug, and this is confusing for beginners who don't
> know how to turn this behavior off.
>
> The best way is: don't specify a file name argument when you start
> Emacs. That kind of argument is supported for compatibility with
> other editors, but it is not the recommended way to use Emacs.
> Experienced Emacs users generally don't do it anyway.
I often find it convenient to use Emacs with filename arguments.
Obviously, different people have different usage patterns.
You seem to be arguing that just because *you* don't use a particular
Emacs feature, it is OK for Emacs to exhibit broken or annoying
behavior for that feature.
- New start up splash screen annoyance..., Sascha Wilde, 2007/09/09
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Mathias Dahl, 2007/09/09
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/09
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Chong Yidong, 2007/09/09
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Juri Linkov, 2007/09/09
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...,
Chong Yidong <=
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Leo, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., David Kastrup, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Juri Linkov, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., David Kastrup, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Chong Yidong, 2007/09/11
- Folding emacsclient into emacs (was: New start up splash screen annoyance...), Bill Wohler, 2007/09/11
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, David Kastrup, 2007/09/12
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, Bill Wohler, 2007/09/12