From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vijay Lakshminarayanan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9248: 23.2; Welcome screen Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:43:37 +0530 Message-ID: <87bow24lpa.fsf@gmail.com> References: <868vr97e2e.fsf@jmfranc-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312649782 10009 80.91.229.12 (6 Aug 2011 16:56:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 16:56:22 +0000 (UTC) To: 9248@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 06 18:56:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkAa-0001nQ-H7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:56:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40881 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkAa-00033d-1O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkAX-000328-Hb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkAW-0006Oo-F6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53000) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkAW-0006Oi-9j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkBL-0005dO-Kd; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:57:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Vijay Lakshminarayanan Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:57:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9248 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9248-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9248.131264980621608 (code B ref 9248); Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:57:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9248) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Aug 2011 16:56:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QpkB3-0005cS-PO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com ([209.85.213.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QpiaF-0003Gq-NE for 9248@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:14:40 -0400 Original-Received: by yxp4 with SMTP id 4so2080782yxp.3 for <9248@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:13:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=Z4msC/ZP7SEygx5OnmQl7e+X8ACMaaCzfuaZz3tmtSg=; b=RE2f6LeyKNAyaPVtNPrKsVW2KkfHCneijB9TwAz6qyNi8MItAfthinJhDa1kMaZ0jP heV+ZAI1zceN2FLIUloBC/Tt06bFnxu2jjsXqoasRjfZW04Mbft9euu2Jk/OIFQfVi3E jl5KGbPm2HWXWKKnWxFvd7nqSIGRSxuawYqao= Original-Received: by 10.143.14.19 with SMTP id r19mr3311736wfi.82.1312643627459; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:13:47 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from BALROG ([59.92.42.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m7sm4245241pbk.70.2011.08.06.08.13.43 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:13:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <868vr97e2e.fsf@jmfranc-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Jean-Marc Fran's message of "Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:53:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (windows-nt) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:35 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:57:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49933 Archived-At: jmfranc@jmfranc-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me (Jean-Marc Fran=e7ois) writes: > When starting emacs with a filename as a command line parameter, the > "Welcome to GNU Emacs" screen is displayed along the buffer that > displays the content of the said file. I guess you consider it a > "feature", but please be aware that I find it very annoying. Is it wise > to set this as the default? > > Best, > JM > [snip] FWIW, I agree that this is a bug. I don't encounter the OP's scenario often (emacsclient FTW) but the times I do, the welcome screen is extremely annoying. (Typically I encounter said scenario when I need to sudo edit some file and obviously emacs is the only choice.) -- Cheers ~vijay Gnus should be more complicated.