From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:24:52 +0200 Message-ID: <854pjt9hsr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <871wf5cv6y.fsf@jurta.org> <7dbe73ed0707190725l426d0731u5f9c36cd14278f78@mail.gmail.com> <87k5st7iqt.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7ebwtk.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7d9w9s.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 1185341305 22909 80.91.229.12 (25 Jul 2007 05:28:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 25 07:28:24 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 1IDZQ3-0001fL-So for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:28:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IDZQ3-00067l-CN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IDZMp-0000pM-Vz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:25:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IDZMn-0000nO-OW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:24:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IDZMn-0000mz-Ho for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:24:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.46]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IDZMl-0004MX-IG; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:24:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-08-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-08-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.20]) by mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3061231EA35; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:24:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-08-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23746212FA9; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:24:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-061-161.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.61.161]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF9E91C3321; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:24:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 6B4671C002AB; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:24:52 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87sl7d9w9s.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed\, 25 Jul 2007 03\:12\:15 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/3759/Wed Jul 25 05:28:42 2007 on mail-in-05.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:75515 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: > In the following patch the name of the new option is `initial-buffer'. > I think it better fits to the existing option names in the same group > `initialization'. > Index: lisp/startup.el ^^^^^^^^^^ > (defgroup initialization nil > "Emacs start-up procedure." ^^^^^^^^ > ! :group 'internal) > > (defcustom inhibit-splash-screen nil > "Non-nil inhibits the startup screen. ^^^^^^^ > (defgroup initialization nil > "Emacs start-up procedure." ^^^^^^^^ > ! (defcustom initial-buffer nil > ! "Buffer to show after starting Emacs." ^^^^^^^^ > (defcustom inhibit-splash-screen nil > "Non-nil inhibits the startup screen. ^^^^^^^ > ;; Maybe display a startup screen. ^^^^^^^ > ;; Display a startup screen, after some preparations. ^^^^^^^ Something is wrong here: DOC strings and comments very consistently talk of "startup screen", yet the variable and group names themselves draw from some irregular use of "initial", "initialization" and "splash". If all the explanations find "startup" the most understandable term to use, there is no sense in being more creative when naming the variables and groups. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum