From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:51:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87sl5n5yem.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fy1nbe4f.fsf@jurta.org> <86myvu2zw1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <20070912093913.GB12104@saeurebad.de> <87wsuum8qw.fsf@jurta.org> <85abrn9ini.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85d4wh3kf9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <851wcw1qht.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87lkb4t3wv.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> <861wcw3s2q.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190134405 20084 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2007 16:53:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 18 18:53:18 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 1IXgJL-0005gI-LQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:52:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IXgJI-0004Ay-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:52:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IXgJF-0004AW-Gg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:52:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IXgJD-0004A5-OZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:52:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IXgJD-0004A2-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:52:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IXgJD-0007mP-1s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:52:23 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IXgId-0007eZ-Od; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:51:47 -0400 X-Spook: jihad corporate security FTS2000 number key Aldergrove X-Ran: zr (David Kastrup's message of "Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:34:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:79211 Archived-At: David Kastrup wrote: > a) use an idle hook (triggered on 5 seconds of idleness) that will > replace the echo area message with the pointer as long as fewer than > 30 seconds have passed (that would presumably help against autoload > messages and/or garbage-collect messages and/or autosave messages). The VM mail reader does something like this. I've never found it obtrusive, and it has actually made me notice the message, many times. If it were a splash screen thing, I'd have turned it off ages ago.