Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[Richard Stallman]

    What about the demonstration of concept in the patch below?  I think
    popping the splash screen in a separate frame is superior to dividing
    the initial frame, and doing so makes all kinds of complications with
    "concise" splash screen and whether splash should be in upper or lower
    window, a non-issue.  IIRC, Richard agreed to the idea of a separate
    frame.

Can you set it up conditionally on a variable, whose default is nil,
and then install it?  That way we can take a look at both options.