From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:18:06 +0200 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Message-ID: References: <87sl5n5yem.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fy1nbe4f.fsf@jurta.org> <86myvu2zw1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <20070912093913.GB12104@saeurebad.de> <87wsuum8qw.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 1189844320 29988 80.91.229.12 (15 Sep 2007 08:18:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:18:40 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 15 10:18:38 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 1IWSrM-0005fH-Bi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:18:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IWSrL-0000sN-6R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:18:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IWSrI-0000rV-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:18:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IWSrF-0000pF-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IWSrF-0000pC-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWSrE-0005kp-VK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IWSr0-0002vR-Ca for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:18:14 +0200 Original-Received: from quimbies.gnus.org ([80.91.231.2]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:18:14 +0200 Original-Received: from larsi by quimbies.gnus.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:18:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEUmIy0uMWBiUltHO05S XpPl4+qnobKFeYS9X1xTAAAACXBIWXMAAABIAAAASABGyWs+AAACRklEQVQ4y7VRwW7cIBR8Xg65 2g3K2YJ2uTrwA0Ui7rVSA3ttIoOvFUnN73fAm3r7AX1ayeuZN2/mPVPXD9eyw1H8gbqu74531xr4 4Bz1N33DHCDjYNxMXU+HIAZndyJSdyOZfRosd5bzOdRRHx48pRfuXGuJdOPgFje4tFSb+ER9f0TC kDnCBS3xIxXHm62uwcLCuZtRvLXOz23okG4I2/yD5ZXxt+ZY+sGHBVYITn/vAYOaPzpInf9HAUvv 6+5zOghYuxlwxCQOfCeApeTmsHkPfnnyO1FhzIj+AsK/PwW/E9imSkGVL/4oss5WaQIZrljaFQ73 8eFbOJpdI5xDmrS6tK3xShSIAy2WL8mp966sRZUYSqVCmGnhdk7P57PaSkkhpjYS20Dx8Mo+byWL klK6bDHt/hSW9JU+beJN55LWtZSy7XGjf+mJlSwZ01kIYYQ4A1/JQ0Bsy3fEtFCi1Rb9D4oRBN3l kyTTCCXUWvxI89KD0IW9kjHjCLKkGBSRtVSZPAr5yE5CIDTsvxMNFSaWf5m3nk0Mv4np8hPEI5iT uLzq3KQTsYnMOFGvpZykWNWWhKRpAjLRY8eIlxpEFLEF/COSUHUTM0RK6JodplmoLPxbnaWJzD1Q CVW9Ys5nH7Rk9zXP1AR1L1xD/fY+jxWGxKimUVmKrEpZpTFUPUjLNksIXXPgmgbx23J6d5F46lVJ SSfNqNVVUO+ahWQkxh0nja8gT0YbkSVO8gHDH+PkaLQYJWwNHcWMlhMGTjU+3RZj9P/qD2hTyBSn hVOSAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Throbbing Gristle's _Part Two - The Endless Not_: "The Worm Waits Its Turn" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:z96LuHwFxUvgOTseplmgGEZzaCI= 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:78952 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > When I want to do this, I start Emacs and then visit the file. > What's the advantage of specifying the file name as a command arg? It's a common usage pattern for me when doing sysadmin tasks. For instance, I'll be looking for something in a config file, like this: # grep foo /etc/apache/httpd.conf I find that that's what I'm looking for, and I type # emacs M-. which will insert the previous parameter (i.e., the path name), and I edit away. Starting Emacs without a parameter would require me to type the file name path again, which is slower. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen