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Re: initial splash screen instead of file
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: initial splash screen instead of file |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:25:21 -0500 |
* Have a time-out: if the user doesn't type/click anything
within the time-out, then automatically switch to the user's buffer.
The risk is the user will think Emacs is just slow starting up.
So perhaps you need a *visble* countdown timer:
Type C-l to begin editing your file.
Will switch to your file in N seconds unless you type a space.
where N counts down from (say) 10 to 1. The countdown draws
attention to it, so people don't just think Emacs is slow.
That sounds like a good idea to me. Want to write the patch?
* Use bigger emphasis for the "Type C-l to begin editing your file.
line - perhaps a bigger fond and/or bold and/or flashing.
That would be good too.