From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:46:34 +0200 Message-ID: <85tzrny22t.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <871wf5cv6y.fsf@jurta.org> <7dbe73ed0707190725l426d0731u5f9c36cd14278f78@mail.gmail.com> <87k5st7iqt.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7ebwtk.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7d9w9s.fsf@jurta.org> <874pjp5xl5.fsf@jurta.org> <87abtfo9vr.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185702431 19436 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2007 09:47:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:47:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 29 11:47:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IF5Me-0005Ut-IR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:47:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IF5Md-0006Mi-Tq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IF5Mb-0006MR-MX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IF5Ma-0006MF-6y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IF5Ma-0006MC-2C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:47:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.46]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IF5MY-0005cT-PA; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:46:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-13-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-13-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.30]) by mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EC9231F1C6; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:46:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (mail-in-12.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.52]) by mail-in-13-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B5241B8DFE; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:46:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-017-015.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.17.15]) by mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B30488C46D; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:46:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 02F511CFF95E; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:46:34 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87abtfo9vr.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun\, 29 Jul 2007 12\:18\:08 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/3804/Sun Jul 29 06:09:31 2007 on mail-in-12.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:75775 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> > ! (defcustom initial-buffer nil >> > ! "Buffer to show after starting Emacs." >> > ! :type '(choice >> > ! (directory :tag "Directory" :value "~/") >> > ! (file :tag "File" :value "~/new.txt") >> > ! (const :tag "*scratch* buffer" :value "*scratch*") >> > ! (const :tag "Splash screen" nil)) >> >> That variable name is misleading because the value is not a buffer. >> Please change the variable name to one that fits the meaning. > > The name `initial-buffer' means what the current buffer the user gets > after startup: a buffer with the home directory, a buffer with some > specified file, the *scratch* buffer, or the buffer with startup screen. > > I don't see a better name. Maybe, `initial-display-buffer' or > `initial-current-buffer'? initial-visit maybe? Actually, "*scratch*" is a value with a different logic, so one should perhaps explain what makes it special. I could not guess, for example, what "*Messages*" would do here. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum