From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#2825: 23.0.91; initial-buffer-choice useless with emacs daemon Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:13:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <200904131813.n3DIDinI026826@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> References: <87ocv5mei7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200904111513.n3BFD6fp012593@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <200904112334.n3BNYwuE019572@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239646602 20292 80.91.229.12 (13 Apr 2009 18:16:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 2825@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 13 20:18:00 2009 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 1LtQiO-0004CL-Pn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:17:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48442 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQgz-0005g8-Rw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:15:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQgw-0005g3-Bt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:15:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQgr-0005eH-Ki for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:15:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50284 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQgr-0005e7-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.120]:44024) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LtQgr-00055o-4l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from godzilla.ics.uci.edu (godzilla.ics.uci.edu [128.195.10.101]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3DIDix1007422; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:13:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by godzilla.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n3DIDinI026826; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:13:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:19 -0400") Original-Lines: 23 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n3DIDix1007422 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:110240 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > >> I'm not sure what you mean by "the startup screen", but if a user > >> prefers to start with a (dired "~/") than with *scratch*, I can't think > >> of a good reason why we should disregard this preference when connecting > >> via the emacsclient. > > > The startup screen is what `display-startup-screen' displays. > > And that's my point too, *scratch* is a fine choice for now. > > What does this have to do with the question at hand. IIUC th question > at hand is: why should the server.el code show "*scratch*" when the user > has set initial-buffer-choice to some file name? NEWS says: ** New user option `initial-buffer-choice' specifies what to display after starting Emacs: startup screen, *scratch* buffer, visiting a file or directory. if the code is changed so that emacsclient called with no arguments displays the startup screen __by default__, then we might have yet another long discussion if this is the right thing to do.