Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[David Kastrup]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Not that I can see.  Are you talking about the "Customize
>>> Startup" button, which brings up a 50-line customize buffer with
>>> eight other sometimes-obscure startup options?  I meant something
>>> much simpler: a single "dismiss" button, and a single "make it
>>> permanent" checkbox, both on the startup screen itself.
>>
>> I should have said: for the fancy splash screen only, and provided
>> that Emacs was started with an init file.
>
> I think it was a mistake to add a Dismiss checkbox on the startup screen.
>
> I want to remind that the recent changes in startup.el were caused by the
> incident when a famous writer lost his invaluable masterpiece because he
> finished Emacs without saving text in the *scratch* buffer.  These changes
> were intended to not show the *scratch* buffer after Emacs startup.
>
> And now after three months of discussions and changes we returned to the
> initial situation: the Dismiss button invites Emacs users to easily disable
> the startup screen.  I'm sure almost every Emacs beginner will be tempted
> to press it.  As a result, they will see the *scratch* buffer after startup,
> and again will lose their texts typed in this buffer.

I have not checked the latest version but I agree that any "Dismiss in
future" should only affect the splash screen when file names are given
on the command line.

There is no reason for a beginner option to disable the splash screen
when started without file name.

-- 
David Kastrup