Re: First character beeps screen sometimes

[Aaron Meurer]

It sounds to me like this shouldn't happen.  I remember when I started
using emacs with an older version, I could dismiss the splash screen
just by typing text, and it would jump automatically to the scratch
buffer.  This no longer seems to be the case, though.  Now, it just
beeps when I type in the splash screen (unless I type enter while over
a link).

To answer the other question, I compiled emacs with --with-x=no, and
use it entirely in the terminal.

I tried sending a bug report, and it claimed that it sent it, but I am
skeptical that it worked, because I used my email address and it never
asked me for authentication.  Is there any way to check?  What would
you recommend setting my message-send-mail-function to?

Aaron Meurer

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> The answer is (setq inhibit-splash-screen t) (in your .emacs file), in
>> case anyone is interested.
>>
>> >> Should I M-x report-emacs-bug this?
>
> It sounds like you should.  IIUC, this is not coming from any code that you
> loaded.
>
> If not using `--no-splash' or setting `inhibit-splash-screen' (or
> `inhibit-startup-screen', presumably) to non-nil causes a beep, it sounds like
> something is wrong with Emacs itself.
>
> Users should not have to guess about such behavior, as you apparently had to.
> If the beep is intensional then it obviously didn't convey the message it was
> supposed to in this case.
>
> But before filing a bug, perhaps read over `(emacs) Entering Emacs' once, just
> to be sure it doesn't speak to this explicitly.
>