Re: Initial splash screen is no longer displayed

[Sven Joachim]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

> It used to be that the startup screen was not shown if the startup
> arguments visited a file, and perhaps it made sense to treat the starting
> of a server like the visiting of a file.

True, but IMHO only if the process started by the server has actually
a buffer associated with it. That is the the case with most processes,
but not with server-start.

> But now the former is no longer
> the case, and probably the latter should not be either.

Yes, that makes sense.

> Please try this patch.
>
> *** startup.el  09 Aug 2005 07:31:27 -0400      1.374
> --- startup.el  17 Aug 2005 17:49:08 -0400      
> ***************
> *** 1724,1734 ****
>     ;; Maybe display a startup screen.
>     (unless (or inhibit-startup-message
>               noninteractive
> !             emacs-quick-startup
> !            ;; Don't display startup screen if init file
> !            ;; has started some sort of server.
> !            (and (fboundp 'process-list)
> !                 (process-list)))
>       ;; Display a startup screen, after some preparations.
>
>       ;; If there are no switches to process, we might as well
> --- 1724,1730 ----
>     ;; Maybe display a startup screen.
>     (unless (or inhibit-startup-message
>               noninteractive
> !             emacs-quick-startup)
>       ;; Display a startup screen, after some preparations.
>
>       ;; If there are no switches to process, we might as well


I have applied this patch, and I see no objections.

Regards,

Sven