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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: 12680@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12680: 24.2.50; about-emacs messages (startup-echo-area-message)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:17:04 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87txtdoa5b.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d30bsjv6@ch.ristopher.com> (Christopher Schmidt's message of "Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:30:55 +0100 (BST)")

Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com> writes:

> Pressing C-h C-a will make Emacs message "For information about GNU
> Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.".  This message is superfluous
> because that very information is already displayed and the user most
> likely just did press C-h C-a.
>
>> Why is it confusing if Emacs _was_ started in that way?
>
> In this case Emacs messages "Starting Emacs daemon."  This message has
> nothing to do with about-emacs.

You're right, the message does nothing.  I removed it.





      reply	other threads:[~2012-10-29 10:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-19 12:33 bug#12680: 24.2.50; about-emacs messages (startup-echo-area-message) Christopher Schmidt
2012-10-21  1:53 ` Glenn Morris
2012-10-21 19:30   ` Christopher Schmidt
2012-10-29 10:17     ` Chong Yidong [this message]

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