From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#2825: 23.0.91; initial-buffer-choice useless with emacs daemon Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ocv5mei7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200904111513.n3BFD6fp012593@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <200904112334.n3BNYwuE019572@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239645099 15429 80.91.229.12 (13 Apr 2009 17:51:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:51:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 2825@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 13 19:52:58 2009 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 1LtQL3-00032M-5V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:52:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39196 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQJe-0004ri-Ee for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQJZ-0004pd-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQJU-0004jO-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53847 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQJU-0004j1-It for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:39211) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LtQJU-0000v8-89 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:20 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiAFANsY40lLd+7D/2dsb2JhbACBUstdg3wGhRaCMQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,180,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="36964969" Original-Received: from 75-119-238-195.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([75.119.238.195]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 13 Apr 2009 13:51:19 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7FD1C70764; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <200904112334.n3BNYwuE019572@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:34:58 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:110239 Archived-At: >> I'm not sure what you mean by "the startup screen", but if a user >> prefers to start with a (dired "~/") than with *scratch*, I can't think >> of a good reason why we should disregard this preference when connecting >> via the emacsclient. > The startup screen is what `display-startup-screen' displays. > And that's my point too, *scratch* is a fine choice for now. What does this have to do with the question at hand. IIUC th question at hand is: why should the server.el code show "*scratch*" when the user has set initial-buffer-choice to some file name? Stefan