From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Initial splash screen Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:27:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4679F561.4030600@hacksaw.org> <87d4zomyiw.fsf@red-bean.com> <87fy4kjy0k.fsf@red-bean.com> <467AF6CC.2000300@gnu.org> <86ejk4jtno.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87ir9g70eo.fsf_-_@escher.local.home> <87wsxv621d.fsf@escher.local.home> <85wsxvb29p.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182623508 8670 80.91.229.12 (23 Jun 2007 18:31:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen.Berman@gmx.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 23 20:31:45 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 1I2AOf-0002n3-Di for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:31:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I2AOe-00075C-TH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:31:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I2AK9-00051Y-FO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I2AK8-000512-Rc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I2AK8-00050y-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:27:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I2AK8-0007Vf-GY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:27:04 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I2AK8-0006rj-7l; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:27:04 -0400 In-reply-to: <85wsxvb29p.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:42:10 +0200) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:73721 Archived-At: Personally, I'd use (message "Check the \"Help/About Emacs\" menu entry for basic usage pointers.") when Emacs is started with file names on the command line. I won't do that because it is not sufficient for the purpose of informing users about GNU. Emacs will continue to show the splash screen every time it starts.