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: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:42:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871wf5cv6y.fsf@jurta.org> <7dbe73ed0707190725l426d0731u5f9c36cd14278f78@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184939054 4121 80.91.229.12 (20 Jul 2007 13:44:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Peter Lee Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 20 15:44:13 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 1IBsm8-0002zY-Tp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:44:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBsm8-000573-GV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:44:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBsja-0003bm-Em for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBsjZ-0003ab-Jz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBsjZ-0003aS-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBsjZ-0006jj-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBskm-0004js-4k; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:42:44 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Peter Lee on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:44:17 -0500) 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:75183 Archived-At: >> Since Emacs can do everything then the splash screen could contain links >> to the most common initial actions, e.g.: >> >> [Visit home directory] >> [Open new file] >> [Open buffer for notes you don't want to save] >> [Emacs Tutorial] >> [Emacs FAQ] >> [Read the Emacs Manual] > I like that! I would like this as well... Would someone please try implementing this? They we can see what it is like.