From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:51:26 +0900 Organization: NEC Electronics Message-ID: References: <871wf5cv6y.fsf@jurta.org> <7dbe73ed0707190725l426d0731u5f9c36cd14278f78@mail.gmail.com> <87k5st7iqt.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7ebwtk.fsf@jurta.org> <87sl7d9w9s.fsf@jurta.org> <874pjp5xl5.fsf@jurta.org> <87abtfo9vr.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185871924 20272 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2007 08:52:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:52:04 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 10:51:58 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 1IFnSQ-0008Tu-7m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:51:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnSP-0000EN-LE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:51:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnSK-0000EA-LT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:51:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnSJ-0000Dy-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:51:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnSI-0000Dv-Ti for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFnSI-0007c2-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnSB-0008Lz-Dx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:51:43 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:51:43 +0200 Original-Received: from miles.bader by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:51:43 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fencepost.gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Cancel-Lock: sha1:1lAC2T4V/6ssBvGwmk28wda1C8s= 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:75847 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> That variable name is misleading because the value is not a buffer. >> Please change the variable name to one that fits the meaning. > > I don't see a better name. Maybe, `initial-display-buffer' or > `initial-current-buffer'? `initial-buffer-name' -Miles -- 80% of success is just showing up. --Woody Allen