Re: Scratch buffer annoyance

[David Kastrup]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>>     It is very useful to create a *scratch* buffer at startup, even if it is
>>     not displayed immediately.
>>
>> Why do you find it particularly useful?
>
> Emacs without a *scratch* buffer is not Emacs :-)
>
>>     Perhaps, a better name is `initial-display'?
>>
>> That seems a little less clear than `initial-buffer-contents'.
>> However, perhaps `initial-buffer-setup' is better.
>
> With a new naming scheme David proposed this name could be
> `setup-initial-buffer'.

Don't put schemes into my mouth.  I seem to remember that my
proposition boiled down to `startup-*', where the details about * were
still fuzzy, so feel free to start expanding form there.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum