From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:45:05 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87d4x9ewfz.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87fy2oms2y.fsf@jurta.org> <85sl6o3rj1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <873aykml2v.fsf@jurta.org> <87bqd744yp.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzqv1sui.fsf@jurta.org> <87ir7bnm97.fsf@jurta.org> <87absl7sdo.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzqrt8ts.fsf@jurta.org> <87wsvjadfq.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 1188172437 21915 80.91.229.12 (26 Aug 2007 23:53:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:53:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 27 01:53:54 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 1IPRvV-00057z-Ol for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:53:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IPRvV-0005eP-9S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IPRuo-0004ri-Vb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:53:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IPRul-0004nS-Vm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:53:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IPRul-0004n2-P1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:53:07 -0400 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IPRue-0006m9-2j; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:53:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IPRuN-000IMf-Gi; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:52:51 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun\, 26 Aug 2007 10\:56\:36 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 7b6940144bc5d56bdacd12344196c2df X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1404 [August 24 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:77239 Archived-At: > I don't understand why the Info file might be missing. Like all other > Info files it will exist in the `info' directory. > > All sorts of things can go wrong. Take my word for it, > this increases unreliability. Without an important reason, > it is not worth the risk. Then please also comment of the second part of my previous message: If not using an Info file and not using automatically alternating screens, I see no better UI than clicking on tabs to switch between screens. This is how many programs display information on the About page. Is this acceptable? -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/