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: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:00:03 -0400 Message-ID: <87sl5m4fsc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87sl5n5yem.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fy1nbe4f.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 1189447981 27781 80.91.229.12 (10 Sep 2007 18:13:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:13:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , wilde@sha-bang.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 11 04:12:48 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 1IUu8b-000195-3R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:01:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUmeE-0004s3-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUmeA-0004nZ-FZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUme6-0004hi-AE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUme5-0004hH-RJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:01:57 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IUme2-0000PP-NX; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:01:54 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 515B84E379; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:00:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon\, 10 Sep 2007 12\:53\:26 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:78470 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > The way Emacs currently handles the splash screen is completely > > unsatisfactory, because it gives the impression that the splash screen > > is being displayed *instead of* the file specified by the user (and > > thus implies that Emacs is unable to process command line arguments.) > > Yes, this looks like a bug, and this is confusing for beginners who don't > know how to turn this behavior off. > > The best way is: don't specify a file name argument when you start > Emacs. That kind of argument is supported for compatibility with > other editors, but it is not the recommended way to use Emacs. > Experienced Emacs users generally don't do it anyway. I often find it convenient to use Emacs with filename arguments. Obviously, different people have different usage patterns. You seem to be arguing that just because *you* don't use a particular Emacs feature, it is OK for Emacs to exhibit broken or annoying behavior for that feature.