From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87sl5n5yem.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fy1nbe4f.fsf@jurta.org> <86myvu2zw1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <20070912093913.GB12104@saeurebad.de> <87wsuum8qw.fsf@jurta.org> <85abrn9ini.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85d4wh3kf9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <851wcw1qht.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <18164.323.10864.148561@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190462341 22748 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2007 11:59:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: mathias@mnet-mail.de Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 22 13:58:56 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 1IZ3dQ-0002jn-6S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:58:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZ3dN-0007u8-Ue for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:58:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZ3cR-00075f-JB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZ3cQ-00074J-12 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZ3cP-00074C-Nw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZ3cP-0004SG-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:53 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZ3bn-0007yo-1v; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:15 -0400 In-reply-to: <18164.323.10864.148561@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (message from Mathias Megyei on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:37:07 +0200) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:79491 Archived-At: I've seen a couple of new Emacs users the last 17 years. After few month all of them have begun to start Emacs without file name argument, when they have learned to use more features (dired for instance). I don't know what fraction of Emacs users learn this.