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: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:00:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <85ejinrqgk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <35917.128.165.123.18.1185998078.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <85vebzq7vd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87odhqethv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87zm18v7ug.fsf@jurta.org> <85abt7kck1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcndc3zc.fsf@jurta.org> <87643pbqjq.fsf@jurta.org> <85643ppor9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sl6sbjaw.fsf@jurta.org> <87fy2oms2y.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186981124 11387 80.91.229.12 (13 Aug 2007 04:58:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:58:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 13 06:58:42 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 1IKS0o-00010I-17 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:58:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKS0n-0003nu-6L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:58:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKRzU-0002I3-Jx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:57:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKRzT-0002GS-3X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:57:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKRzT-0002GG-1D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:57:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IKRzS-0005Nz-OI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:57:18 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IKS2i-0007Of-K9; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:00:40 -0400 In-reply-to: <87fy2oms2y.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:45:05 +0300) 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:76423 Archived-At: Many user options provide a choice of different value types, but none have a `-choice' suffix. So I see no better names than `startup-buffer' or `initial-buffer'. Those names are not good because the value is not a buffer. `startup-buffer-choice' is better, because at least it doesn't imply the value is a buffer. However, I can also suggest `startup-buffer-initialization'. `startup-buffer-style', recently suggested, is also better than just `startup-buffer'.