Re: Scratch buffer annoyance

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >>     Wouldn't it be smarter to make the initial splash screen the
   >>     current buffer when Emacs starts instead?  It would make
   >>     sense for that to be read-only, and when one does C-x C-q,
   >>     it could for example clear it and toggle the read-only
   >>     status of the buffer (with a brief note in the initial
   >>     splash screen that one can do C-x C-q to convert it into a
   >>     "scratch" buffer).
   >>
   >> It is an interesting idea.  What do others think?
   >
   > This will make Emacs even more difficult to use for new or
   > occasional users. They would need to know a key combination just
   > to get started.  And it would be much more annoying than the
   > current situation.

   Then all users that like the scratch buffer as it is right now
   would need to `C-x C-q' on startup. And what if you don't want the
   splash-screen at all?

The splash screen can always be disabled using inhibit-splash-screen.