From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Sean O'Rourke" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:13:49 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20070912093913.GB12104@saeurebad.de> <87wsuum8qw.fsf@jurta.org> <85abrn9ini.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85d4wh3kf9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <851wcw1qht.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <871wctziwv.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> <87lkb1z0vg.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> <858x71w5f5.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4zvea54019.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190319294 31717 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2007 20:14:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:14:54 +0000 (UTC) To: Glenn Morris , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 20 22:14:48 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 1IYSPj-0002T8-LS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:14:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSPh-0006zr-K8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:14:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSPP-0006tA-GY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSPO-0006sk-8K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:13:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYSPO-0006sd-0q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:13:58 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound1.ucsd.edu ([132.239.1.205]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYSPJ-00083h-T1; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:13:54 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.ucsd.edu (smtp.ucsd.edu [132.239.1.49]) by outbound1.ucsd.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8KKDpvc051860 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:13:52 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=VysaKzurNdlIc7PUQbd1xThfxSad01WydqEA+LRfGTBQRJx+qFOCprRzVjee1SDYD 7kvlIQiSWyabbl3XU39tw== Original-Received: from 0-16-cb-b9-d7-be.dynamic.ucsd.edu (0-16-cb-b9-d7-be.dynamic.ucsd.edu [128.54.54.73]) by smtp.ucsd.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8KKDn2K087006; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:13:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4zvea54019.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu\, 20 Sep 2007 15\:19\:46 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (darwin) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 6.x (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:79404 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > "Sean O'Rourke" wrote: > >> I think Manoj's suggestion is to have a "never show me this >> again" checkbox on the splash screen, UNchecked by default. The >> user can press "ok" to dismiss the screen until next time, or >> check the box then press "ok" to disable it permanently. If the >> user later wants to see the screen again, s/he can re-enable it. > > Umm, that's exactly how it works now. Not that I can see. Are you talking about the "Customize Startup" button, which brings up a 50-line customize buffer with eight other sometimes-obscure startup options? I meant something much simpler: a single "dismiss" button, and a single "make it permanent" checkbox, both on the startup screen itself. /s