Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>     Richard has made up his mind, I doubt there exist a way to change his
>>     opinion on that.  So since the startup screen will be displayed, the
>>     only way out of this is to display both the startup buffer and the
>>     file buffer.
>
>> There is no room for both in an ordinary size terminal.
>> (It was a struggle just to get the startup buffer to fit.)
>> So this is a non-starter.
>
> You mean that you added the constraint that even when started with
> a filename and even on a small terminal, the startup screen should
> be immediately visible in its entirety?
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
> PS: What is an "ordinary size terminal" nowadays?

80x24 is the default startup for most, and that needs to work.

If we start Emacs with a file name, how about having a clickable
excerpt of your file (with the obvious implication) instead of the
logo?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum