From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:50:44 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <87ljxoffs6.fsf@atthis.clsnet.nl> <71208e97-140c-445d-8eda-1705f11b14b3@r15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <095ef0c0-c7f4-494d-8bf6-8a5ee43fd934@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <3c61c357-0705-4ff4-b793-fa6827415fdd@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com> <4fr5r5-jnp.ln1@invalid.net> <873ajjt0zu.fsf@atthis.clsnet.nl> <87myhqsyc1.fsf@atthis.clsnet.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222713706 14052 80.91.229.12 (29 Sep 2008 18:41:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:41:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 29 20:42:43 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KkNhi-0005Tu-Af for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:42:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60885 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KkNgf-000586-Kc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:41:37 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!feeder.erje.net!news.motzarella.org!motzarella.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Trace: feeder.motzarella.org U2FsdGVkX1+RxcBzrtrT1Zhuzd29R/kVmacQvJohIXhNxDJNIIjq5yYFufTDfxRyQjwzV6Qu8SeQs2kAP8H8HzlgThcwYF7LFCaqntww7M9wY04hTU9cc3tri5/Wj5dwgt49RNKJvDpuD+BH7/WEjw== Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send complaints to abuse@motzarella.org with full headers Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:50:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX194uuXjGicy/UqViQa3SNn3LoTF0wy0gn8lxTKAeFwnYw== Cancel-Lock: sha1:H1E+IYwvpTSp19OIMVQuk/k28vs= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:162866 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58207 Archived-At: Cor Gest writes: > Some entity, AKA Richard Riley , > wrote this mindboggling stuff: > (selectively-snipped-or-not-p) > >>> Needless to say that that contraption comes with a boatload of >>> appendages to do more specialised jobs, wich all need to be learned how >>> to use for any particular task at hand. >> >> Are you saying that there is loads of functionality which one learns >> and becomes familiar with the more you learn? Which is quit clear I >> think and not in contention. > > Well there are are boat-load of 'modes' in emacs one can bolt-on, > aren't there .. ;-) Yes. > Each and every one specialised to do tasks easier than in, > say, eh ... notepad.exe ? ;-) Yes. > >>> PS: Having a nice sleek looking spoiler on the tractors' roof does look sexy >>> but is utterly useless. > >> Well, you've lost me. If you think removing a default elisp buffer as >> the front of emacs, for example, is adding a "spoiler" or "go faster >> stripe" then I am a tad surprised to say the least. > > merely a try for humor, in this whole somewhat silly > discussion about renaming a scratch-buffer, it surely would be > useless. (the renaming of course). You think its silly? Well, we know where your vote would go then :-;