From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:00:11 +0200 Message-ID: References: <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> <87myvgrivy.fsf@jurta.org> <86r6ksxz9n.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87hclmlq2x.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190574030 30713 80.91.229.12 (23 Sep 2007 19:00:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:00:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 23 21:00:24 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 1IZWgp-0005E0-Si for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:00:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZWgn-0006zo-8t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:00:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZWgl-0006zg-29 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZWgj-0006zU-NO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:00:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZWgj-0006zR-E5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:00:17 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZWgi-00015Q-An; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-205-190.inter.net.il [84.228.205.190]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id IYM07948 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:00:02 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:05:06 -0400) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:79604 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: juri@jurta.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:05:06 -0400 > > What about the demonstration of concept in the patch below? I think > popping the splash screen in a separate frame is superior to dividing > the initial frame, and doing so makes all kinds of complications with > "concise" splash screen and whether splash should be in upper or lower > window, a non-issue. IIRC, Richard agreed to the idea of a separate > frame. > > Can you set it up conditionally on a variable, whose default is nil, > and then install it? Yes.