From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12680: 24.2.50; about-emacs messages (startup-echo-area-message) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:17:04 +0800 Message-ID: <87txtdoa5b.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pq4ewsip@ch.ristopher.com> <5dsj98pp4o.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87d30bsjv6@ch.ristopher.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351505867 23279 80.91.229.3 (29 Oct 2012 10:17:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:17:47 +0000 (UTC) To: 12680@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 29 11:17:56 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TSmPq-0007M1-58 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:17:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42207 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSmPh-0006vL-UR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:17:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ulysses ([155.69.16.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k9sm5729191paz.22.2012.10.29.03.17.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:17:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87d30bsjv6@ch.ristopher.com> (Christopher Schmidt's message of "Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:30:55 +0100 (BST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66181 Archived-At: Christopher Schmidt writes: > Pressing C-h C-a will make Emacs message "For information about GNU > Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.". This message is superfluous > because that very information is already displayed and the user most > likely just did press C-h C-a. > >> Why is it confusing if Emacs _was_ started in that way? > > In this case Emacs messages "Starting Emacs daemon." This message has > nothing to do with about-emacs. You're right, the message does nothing. I removed it.