Re: Startup screen default directory

[Stefan Monnier]

>> In my major instance of GNU Emacs, I load over 20 files from a saved
>> desktop, but my `desktop-save-mode' variable is nil because I want
>> always to load the same files, but often look at others that I do not
>> necessarily want the next time I start Emacs.
>> 
>> On the other hand, in a root owned instance, in a `when' expression, I
>> evoke
>> 
>> (desktop-save-mode 1)
>> (desktop-read "/root")
>> 
>> The root owned instance says:
>> 
>> desktop-save-mode is a variable defined in `desktop.el'.
>> Its value is t

> A more relevant variable that determines if the desktop was really
> loaded and that it created some buffers is `desktop-buffer-ok-count'.

> Currently it is locally bound in `desktop-read' but could be changed
> to be global.  So if `desktop-buffer-ok-count' > 0 then don't show
> the startup screen.

Couldn't we do it the other way around: have desktop.el change
inhibit-startup-screen or something like that?
startup.el has no business looking at desktop's internal variables.


        Stefan