Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[Juri Linkov]

> The way Emacs currently handles the splash screen is completely
> unsatisfactory, because it gives the impression that the splash screen
> is being displayed *instead of* the file specified by the user (and
> thus implies that Emacs is unable to process command line arguments.)

Yes, this looks like a bug, and this is confusing for beginners who don't
know how to turn this behavior off.

> The way other programs handle this is to (1) display the splash screen
> in a small, floating X window,

Clicking on the close button to close the floating X window is no less
annoying solution that typing a key to close the current startup screen.

> (2) provide a check box on the splash screen saying "Display splash
> screen on startup" or something similar, and

Now there is a link on the startup screen leading to customization,
so it is easier now to disable the startup screen.  But still this doesn't
remove the problem, because customization is not always desirable.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/