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 17:54:41 +0900 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> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185872120 20984 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2007 08:55:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:55:20 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 10:55:13 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 1IFnVY-0000zM-NZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:55:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnVY-0001Pg-9E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:55:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnVK-0001G7-Ve for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:54:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnVH-0001F6-L8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:54:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFnVH-0001F0-8D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:54:55 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFnVD-0008UD-LM; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:54:52 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l6V8snta012000; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:54:49 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:54:49 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.98.116] [10.114.98.116]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:54:48 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 6E523513; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:54:41 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87abtfo9vr.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun\, 29 Jul 2007 12\:18\:08 +0300") Original-Lines: 14 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:75848 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 -- Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here, beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?