From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20070912093913.GB12104@saeurebad.de> <87wsuum8qw.fsf@jurta.org> <85abrn9ini.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85d4wh3kf9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <851wcw1qht.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <871wctziwv.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> <87lkb1z0vg.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> <858x71w5f5.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4zvea54019.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190319780 1118 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2007 20:23:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Sean O'Rourke" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 20 22:22:55 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 1IYSY1-00063q-U0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:22:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSY0-0007ge-0y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSXw-0007f8-N6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSXv-0007eK-Sn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSXv-0007e0-H9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:47 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYSXv-0001AB-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYSXK-0000xl-Kb; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:10 -0400 X-Spook: Montenegro Yukon tempest Nazi credit card Blowpipe AIMSX X-Ran: /{na;'k!7t>nN+VSkKu5zWXVPbD3?WPl5/ (Sean O'Rourke's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:13:49 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:79405 Archived-At: "Sean O'Rourke" wrote: > Not that I can see. Are you talking about the "Customize > Startup" button, which brings up a 50-line customize buffer with > eight other sometimes-obscure startup options? I meant something > much simpler: a single "dismiss" button, and a single "make it > permanent" checkbox, both on the startup screen itself. I should have said: for the fancy splash screen only, and provided that Emacs was started with an init file. (I always have to make emacs bigger than normal to get the fancy splash screen: emacs -geometry 80x40 )