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: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:57:54 +0200 Message-ID: <85sl6o3rj1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85ejinrqgk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <35917.128.165.123.18.1185998078.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <85vebzq7vd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87odhqethv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87zm18v7ug.fsf@jurta.org> <85abt7kck1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcndc3zc.fsf@jurta.org> <87643pbqjq.fsf@jurta.org> <85643ppor9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sl6sbjaw.fsf@jurta.org> <87fy2oms2y.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 1186984698 18923 80.91.229.12 (13 Aug 2007 05:58:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 13 07:58:13 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 1IKSwH-0003bK-3z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:58:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKSwG-0007A3-DZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:58:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKSwD-00079D-IG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKSwB-00077n-UG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKSwB-00077k-PE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:57:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-01.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IKSw8-0006JO-R1; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:57:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.28]) by mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C0915C3CC; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:57:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.51]) by mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63612345C03; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:57:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-055-003.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.55.3]) by mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA9213A30; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:57:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id C34EF1C3C79D; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:57:54 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon\, 13 Aug 2007 01\:00\:40 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/3942/Mon Aug 13 06:21:54 2007 on mail-in-11.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:76429 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Many user options provide a choice of different value types, but none have a > `-choice' suffix. So I see no better names than `startup-buffer' or > `initial-buffer'. > > Those names are not good because the value is not a buffer. > `startup-buffer-choice' is better, because at least it doesn't > imply the value is a buffer. > > However, I can also suggest `startup-buffer-initialization'. > > `startup-buffer-style', recently suggested, is also better than > just `startup-buffer'. I like startup-buffer-style. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum