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Re: Scratch buffer annoyance


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:00:40 -0400

    Many user options provide a choice of different value types, but none have a
    `-choice' suffix.  So I see no better names than `startup-buffer' or
    `initial-buffer'.

Those names are not good because the value is not a buffer.
`startup-buffer-choice' is better, because at least it doesn't
imply the value is a buffer.

However, I can also suggest `startup-buffer-initialization'.

`startup-buffer-style', recently suggested, is also better than
just `startup-buffer'.




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