From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:18:08 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87abtfo9vr.fsf@jurta.org> References: <871wf5cv6y.fsf@jurta.org> <7dbe73ed0707190725l426d0731u5f9c36cd14278f78@mail.gmail.com> <87k5st7iqt.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7ebwtk.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7d9w9s.fsf@jurta.org> <874pjp5xl5.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 1185701035 15448 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2007 09:23:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 29 11:23:48 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 1IF507-0000j5-IQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:23:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IF506-0007Yn-K2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:23:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IF502-0007WM-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:23:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IF500-0007Sm-M3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:23:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IF500-0007SJ-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:23:40 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IF4zz-0001YY-6h; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:23:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IF4zw-000Fmq-HJ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:23:37 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 28 Jul 2007 22\:23\:53 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 068dd79c68aafbc760c35e97c5d420ed X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1293 [July 27 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 0 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:75772 Archived-At: > > ! (defcustom initial-buffer nil > > ! "Buffer to show after starting Emacs." > > ! :type '(choice > > ! (directory :tag "Directory" :value "~/") > > ! (file :tag "File" :value "~/new.txt") > > ! (const :tag "*scratch* buffer" :value "*scratch*") > > ! (const :tag "Splash screen" nil)) > > That variable name is misleading because the value is not a buffer. > Please change the variable name to one that fits the meaning. The name `initial-buffer' means what the current buffer the user gets after startup: a buffer with the home directory, a buffer with some specified file, the *scratch* buffer, or the buffer with startup screen. I don't see a better name. Maybe, `initial-display-buffer' or `initial-current-buffer'? -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/