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On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 17:14, Richard Stallman wrote:
> An argument like --nosplash seems like a good idea to me.
> Please add it.

Ok, done.

> But first, is there a better name for it?
> --no-startup-help would be better, I think.
> Is there a name used by other programs already?

Some GNOME programs (e.g. Evolution) use --no-splash, others (e.g.
AbiWord) use -nosplash.  So there is precedent for this name (and it's
shorter), so that's what I added.