From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6234: site-start.el: inhibit-startup-screen? Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:10:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5FF50F23-9E80-484C-A02E-354AB92F7701@nf.mpg.de> <87tyq2bc4e.fsf@gnu.org> <8739xlodlw.fsf@gmail.com> <23660.1274455929@chondestes.bio.unc.edu> <8d7h7lyca7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310656394 30050 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2011 15:13:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:13:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 6234@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 14 17:13:09 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNbA-00010v-VK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:13:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36508 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNb9-0005F5-RV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNZE-0004qN-JG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:11:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNZ8-0005Fy-SD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:11:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43141) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNZ8-0005Ft-IH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:11:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNZ7-0000nc-Sp; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:11:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:11:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6234 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 6234-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6234.13106562253017 (code B ref 6234); Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:11:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6234) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2011 15:10:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNYS-0000mV-4d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:10:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNYM-0000mG-9d for 6234@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:10:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhNYF-0007x9-6O; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:10:07 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:59:01 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:11:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49021 Archived-At: Useful for what? Because IIUC rms is keen that the startup screen not be suppressible on a site-wide basis. Yes. The startup screen gives users information that we want them to see. Once they have seen it, if they want not to see it again, we give them a way to turn it off. But we don't want someone else to turn it off in advance for them so they never see it. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/