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: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:49:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185069029 19485 80.91.229.12 (22 Jul 2007 01:50:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:50:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: pete.a.lee@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, mathias.dahl@gmail.com To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 22 03:50:27 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 1ICQaZ-0004uO-Fu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:50:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ICQaZ-0006Oe-42 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:50:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ICQYh-00054J-3Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:48:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ICQYf-00053l-OW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ICQYf-00053h-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:48:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ICQYf-0001fZ-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:48:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ICQa0-00037T-BR; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:49:52 -0400 In-reply-to: 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:75274 Archived-At: 1. Open to the *Customize Browser* buffer. I think you're proposing this. 2. Open to the *Customize Group* buffer (say *Customize Group: convenience*). 3. Open to the *Customize Option: visit-on-startup* buffer. #3 sounds too specific. Yes, it would enable someone to turn off the splash screen, but it wouldn't show that there are other possibilities. I think #2 is best. It avoids unnecessary indirection while showing more than just one option. Whenever the user asks to customize a single option, should we just open the browser to a browser display that shows that option or its group somewhere on it That's a different issue. When the user specifically asks to customize one option, we should provide that option. But here the user would be asking to "customize the startup screen". That is NOT a request for one option.