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: fancy splash screen Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:21:28 +0200 Message-ID: <85psdxxiiv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158333783 4082 80.91.229.2 (15 Sep 2006 15:23:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 15 17:23:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOFVk-0003CK-PL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:21:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOFVk-0007yT-1Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GOFVV-0007yB-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:21:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GOFVU-0007xv-Uq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:21:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOFVU-0007xp-L5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GOFXg-0004Vc-Lw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GOFVT-00027m-RY; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 879FE1C40B5C; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:21:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri\, 15 Sep 2006 07\:12\:11 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:59877 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > >> BTW, I'd prefer calling the "GNU Emacs" buffer either > >> "*splash-screen*" or " *splash-screen*". > > Or "*About Emacs*"... > > Emacs is somewhat redundant. > *About* would probably be fine. > > "About Emacs" describes what it is. "About GNU Emacs" would be > better, providing a helpful reminder about GNU (but some will argue > that GNU is never needed in "GNU Emacs"). It is not needed in general. It can be nice to stress its role in the GNU project when talking about that, but I think that in purely technical contexts, just "Emacs" is the more straightforward use. > "Emacs" in "About Emacs" is not redundant in any way. If you have > multiple buffers, there is nothing that implies that one named only > "About" has help about Emacs. Most applications I know have exactly one "About" menu, and Emacs does not seem to be different in that respect. > Is it good or bad to use "*...*"? I don't know. I tend to think it's > not needed here. Standard naming convention for buffers without associated files. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum