From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 05:44:03 +0200 Message-ID: <83k2o4o6ik.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878u4qdpd4.fsf@udel.edu> <20151222184106.GA5310@holos> <20151224014131.GA19087@holos> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450928634 28323 80.91.229.3 (24 Dec 2015 03:43:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mark Oteiza Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 24 04:43:49 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aBwoe-0002fZ-5d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 04:43:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58765 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBwod-00013i-F6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:43:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38446) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBwoS-00013c-18 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBwoN-0004iR-Vp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41114) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBwoN-0004iN-SJ; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:43:31 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2801 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aBwoG-0003eU-Cc; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:43:24 -0500 In-reply-to: <20151224014131.GA19087@holos> (message from Mark Oteiza on Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:41:31 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196750 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:41:31 -0500 > From: Mark Oteiza > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > > It also makes the init file of a user following the docstring of > > > inhibit-startup-echo-area-message less portable. > > > > In what sense "less portable"? What does it need to be portable to? > > If you answer that, we can judge whether this issue matters. > > An individual using their username to disable the message will not > necessarily be able to use the same config across different sites. I suggested to allow the value be a list of strings instead of just one string. Then whenever the user name matches one of those strings, the message will be suppressed.