From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:09:08 -0400 Message-ID: <87ejh6qqwb.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87sl5n5yem.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189457817 3752 80.91.229.12 (10 Sep 2007 20:56:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:56:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: wilde@sha-bang.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 11 06:56:44 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 1IUw9V-000450-2e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:11:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUof8-00085p-HL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:11:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUof4-00085a-LR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUof2-00085O-8i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUof2-00085L-2x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:11:04 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IUoez-0006Ba-Ay; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:11:01 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0A6114E379; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:09:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon\, 10 Sep 2007 12\:53\:03 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:78501 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > The way other programs handle this is to (1) display the splash screen > in a small, floating X window, (2) provide a check box on the splash > screen saying "Display splash screen on startup" or something similar, > and (3) a prominent button saying "OK" or similar to dismiss the > splash screen. > > There is no room in a small floating window for the info we > want to present in the splash screen. > > As for the box that says "Display splash screen on startup", > we could do something like that. I agreed to reinstallation > of the "Customize startup" link, given a way to make it fit. > We could replace that with "Don't show this screen again". > If users would like that better, let's make that replacement. > > A button to dismiss the splash screen would be fine in principle. > I don't see how there is room for it. Do you think you see > where it could go? I found a way of making this fit. I'll implement it in the next couple of days.