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, 07 Jan 2016 05:38:45 +0200 Message-ID: <83mvsi2h4q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878u4qdpd4.fsf@udel.edu> <83si2xt967.fsf@gnu.org> <20151222190949.GB5310@holos> <8760z65k03.fsf@russet.org.uk> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1452137941 3129 80.91.229.3 (7 Jan 2016 03:39:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 03:39:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mvoteiza@udel.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 07 04:38:56 2016 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 1aH1Pb-00056R-FM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:38:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56734 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aH1PX-0003sP-Bx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:38:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53539) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aH1PL-0003sH-8G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:38:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aH1PH-00047Y-8O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:38:39 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36223) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aH1PH-00047T-4z; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:38:35 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1374 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aH1PG-00015p-HU; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:38:34 -0500 In-reply-to: <8760z65k03.fsf@russet.org.uk> (phillip.lord@russet.org.uk) 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:197722 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , > Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:08:28 +0000 > > > ;; FIXME? Why does this get such weirdly extreme treatment, when the > > ;; more important inhibit-startup-screen does not. > > > > This was added before either bug#12370 or bug#13208 were filed; the > > answers in all of these discussions have been incomplete. > > Not wishing to restart a discussion I largely missed, but would anyone > object to me fixing the FIXME? comment. I would also like to extend the > docstring with a short explanation. > > The code may be sensible from a freedom point-of-view, but it would make > more sense if the documentation explained and reinforced this. If by fixing the FIXME you mean explaining more in the commentary and doc strings, by all means go ahead. If you mean something else, please tell more. Thanks.