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: Startup screen default directory Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:14:19 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87wspb5d18.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87wspce6gj.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202776103 31013 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2008 00:28:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:28:23 +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 Tue Feb 12 01:28:46 2008 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 1JOj0p-00048O-66 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:28:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOj0L-0006aU-Pl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:28:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOj0F-0006Zb-5Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOj0D-0006YJ-Bw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOj0D-0006YB-5E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:28:01 -0500 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 1JOj09-00085i-K9; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:27:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JOj05-0005qz-Vw; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:27:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:34:45 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 0a21689c2f1d2e94d8aa83f1a1b60733 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 2223 [Feb 11 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 11 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: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:88807 Archived-At: > When desktop-mode is active, then after loading the desktop file and > restoring all saved files, the startup screen have the default directory > set to the directory of the last restored file. Since the last file is > not visible (only the startup screen is shown), this leaves to wonder > why the default directory of the startup screen is set to some arbitrary > directory. This is very confusing. I propose to set the default > directory of the startup screen to the directory where Emacs was run. > > That seems like a good idea. It seems setting the default directory of the startup screen to the directory where Emacs was run is good even in case when the user doesn't use the desktop. > However, maybe desktop.el should switch to the restored buffers. If > someone is restoring an old desktop, he has seen the splash screen > before, and has probably used Emacs for some time. > There is no need to show him the startup screen again. Wouldn't it be enough to check for the autoloaded variable `desktop-save-mode'? When it is non-nil, we can assume that the user has customized it to load the desktop, so don't show the splash screen. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/