RE: A wish, a plea

[Drew Adams]

> How about if Emacs left the splash screen as the active buffer if there
> were no files listed on the command-line, until the user deliberately
> switches buffers (either with C-x C-f to edit a new file, or C-x b to
> *scratch*)

Some text editors start with no document open, as you suggest. Some others
start with a new document open (sometimes named "new.txt") in a text mode.

Personally, I usually start Emacs with Dired. That too might be a
possibility: start in `~/'. That gives users flexibility in terms of opening
existing files or new ones, and they can see what files are available.
Another possibility is to have an explicit option for the startup directory
(default `~/'). Just a thought.