From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Nicolas P. Rougier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:22:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87zh5jt76f.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11126"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 Cc: ams@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Philip K." Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 21 19:23:29 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kKPXF-0002oF-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:23:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45924 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKPXE-0002th-D6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:23:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41806) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKPWg-0002Tj-Vc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:22:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:40563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKPWe-0006K9-Tz; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:22:54 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.77,287,1596492000"; d="scan'208";a="468821677" Original-Received: from 91-160-114-139.subs.proxad.net (HELO M-E7-NPR.local) ([91.160.114.139]) by mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Sep 2020 19:22:49 +0200 In-reply-to: <87zh5jt76f.fsf@posteo.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=192.134.164.83; envelope-from=nicolas.rougier@inria.fr; helo=mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/21 13:22:49 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -68 X-Spam_score: -6.9 X-Spam_bar: ------ X-Spam_report: (-6.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256297 Archived-At: > So how about "www.gnu.org/s/emacs" or "gnu.org/s/emacs"? Thanks, didn't know this shortcut. This way I can split the link in "gnu.org" (for www.gnu.org) and "emacs" (for www.gnu.org/software/emacs) and leave the "/s/" inert. > So what's the point then? As far as I understand, this is > supposed to be > an ELPA package, but my understanding of splash screens is that > they are > displayed while an application is loading, to ensure the user > that > something is being done, or the computer didn't freeze. A > spash-screen > for the sake of it seems counter-intuitive, or am I missing > something? It is indeed mostly a cosmetic package to give user the choice of an alternative startup screen. Nicolas