From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [drew.adams@oracle.com: Should be able to select text in splash screen] Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:10 -0400 Message-ID: <8764gjjudl.fsf@furball.mit.edu> References: <878xlgu889.fsf@furball.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156350178 29076 80.91.229.2 (23 Aug 2006 16:22:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:22:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 23 18:22:52 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvU0-00049T-De for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:21:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvTz-0002n8-MU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvTn-0002ku-RN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvTn-0002jC-6Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [18.72.1.2] (helo=south-station-annex.mit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GFvbe-0007Se-Vx; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:29:31 -0400 Original-Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k7NGLJKB027304; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:19 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k7NGLHri027477; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:19 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from furball.mit.edu (SYDNEYPACIFIC-THREE-NINETY-NINE.MIT.EDU [18.95.6.144]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id k7NGL98u004774; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:09 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from cyd by furball.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GFvTb-0001hU-00; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:21:11 -0400 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:06:23 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: 1.217 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 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:58774 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > The one change I would make to the splash screen is to add some text > saying something like "Press any key to continue". > > Please install your patch; it will be an improvement. But it is true > that Drew was concerned with a different issue: displaying the same > screen explicitly thru the menu. Both tasks are done. M-x display-splash-screen and About->Emacs should now produce a buffer that sticks around.