From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:20:18 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <875z88e22h.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40827"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: "Nicolas P. Rougier" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 20 21:28:09 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kK50K-000AUR-Tr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 21:28:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42232 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kK50K-0003Wv-1F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37466) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kK4zh-0002hU-ON for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:27:29 -0400 Original-Received: from relay7-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.200]:50405) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kK4ze-0004oP-Jn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:27:29 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 91.129.108.13 Original-Received: from mail.gandi.net (m91-129-108-13.cust.tele2.ee [91.129.108.13]) (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by relay7-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A229120004; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:27:21 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:16:32 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.200; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay7-d.mail.gandi.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/20 15:27:23 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256264 Archived-At: >> Here is a mockup: >> >> +–––——————————––––––––––––––––––––––––––––———————————————————————+ >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | GNU Emacs version XX.Y | >> | Type Ctrl-h for help | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY | >> | Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | >> +–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––———————————————————————+ >> >> - No logo (not even in graphical mode) > > I think I agree with it: having a picture was useful in Emacs-21 to > showcase the fact that we can have pictures in our buffers, but I think > nowadays our visual prowess won't impress anyone anyway, so we may as > well proudly display our devotion to text. Maybe instead of a picture display a video with a guided tour?