Sorry again for my clumsiness with emails. On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 1:44 PM Corwin Brust wrote: > Resending but to the whole list. Oops. > > TL;DR: I think finding the simple button to disable splash-screen isn't > so easy. > I forgot to call-out my Emacs RE source code line number relevance: I'm using GNU 26.3 on Win 32. Only patch is to ERC around nick matching syntax tables. That said, please do see detail from me embedded below. > On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 1:42 PM Corwin Brust wrote: > >> >> Hi! >> >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 10:41 AM Stefan Kangas wrote: >> >>> Stefan Kangas writes: >>> >>> > I agree that this should be changed. I expect a splash screen to be >>> > shown only when I run a command without specifying any particular >>> > file. IME, this is what most other software does, and I see no reason >>> > why Emacs should be different. >>> >>> Catching up on emacs-devel, there is a thread on this particular >>> issue... where Stefan Monnier points to the "Dismiss this startup >>> screen" button. That button quits the window and customizes >>> inhibit-startup-window to t. This code seems to have been introduced >>> in 2007 by Chong Yidong (commit 22a58255). >>> >>> Of course, I have never seen that button over the years. I find that >>> your brain learns to filter out splash screens completely after a >>> while, which incidentally makes displaying them more often >>> counter-productive. >>> >> >> I wonder if the reason neither you or nor I had seen this button is that >> Emacs doesn't usually show it to us. I'm looking at 1843 of ~startup.el~. >> I think the button to quickly disable splash only displays when concise is >> t as per: >> >> 1813: (fancy-startup-screen &optional concise) >> ... >> Whereas within fancy-startup-tail we do this: >> >> 1771: (when concise >> (fancy-splash-insert >> :face 'variable-pitch "\n" >> :link `("Dismiss this startup screen" >> ,(lambda (_button) >> (when startup-screen-inhibit-startup-screen >> (customize-set-variable 'inhibit-startup-screen t) >> (customize-mark-to-save 'inhibit-startup-screen) >> (custom-save-all)) >> (let ((w (get-buffer-window "*GNU Emacs*"))) >> (and w (not (one-window-p)) (delete-window w))) >> (kill-buffer "*GNU Emacs*"))) >> " ") >> >> Meanwhile, this is called from `command-line-1' which starts around line >> 2233. >> >> It creates CONCISE based on the number of open buffers when called, e.g. >> 0 (zero) --so not-concise-- when starting Emacs. So no button for >> `inhibit-startup-screen' unless we open the spash screen "manually" one way >> or another. >> >> Maybe just always show the "inhibit splash" button? Maybe this logic to >> display or not this button should be inverted? Is it more likely I want to >> disable splash when I'm looking a fresh emacs or because I've called for >> the spash explicitly (maybe just to get at this button)? >> >> So, I don't think this changes my previous argument, but it does make >>> any need to change it less pressing. >>> >> >> I can also add that I've been using Emacs for 10+ years and found (setq >> inhibit-splash-screen t) for my init pleasure only a few months ago. So >> I'm all good now ;) >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> *Corwin* >> *corwin@bru.st * >> > > > -- > *Corwin* > 612-217-1742 > 612-298-0615 (fax) > 612-695-4276 (mobile) > *corwin.brust (skype)corwin@bru.st * > -- *Corwin* 612-217-1742 612-298-0615 (fax) 612-695-4276 (mobile) *corwin.brust (skype)corwin@bru.st *