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Re: *scratch* considered harmful
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: *scratch* considered harmful |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:47:11 -0700 (MST) |
So my radical suggestion is this: If inhibit-startup-message is nil,
then create a special readonly startup buffer containing whatever you
wish to show the user and make that buffer the initial buffer.
(Preferrably it would tell you to visit a file instead of just beeping
"Buffer is read-only" if you try to type characters.) Do no special
splash stuff.
We certainly don't want to eliminate the splash screen--we have done a
lot of work on it. The rest of this idea might perhaps be good.
One reason I am not sure is that sometimes people type notes into
*scratch* rather than visiting a file.
Another is that users might resent being pushed, rather than just
urged, to do things the more intelligent way.
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, (continued)
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/11/19
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Jason Rumney, 2001/11/19
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Jason Rumney, 2001/11/20
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Richard Stallman, 2001/11/20
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Jason Rumney, 2001/11/22
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Dhruva Krishnamurthy, 2001/11/22
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Richard Stallman, 2001/11/24
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Richard Stallman, 2001/11/23
- Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Richard Stallman, 2001/11/20
Re: *scratch* considered harmful, Per Abrahamsen, 2001/11/15
Re: *scratch* considered harmful,
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