Re: Emacs splash screen trouble

[Chong Yidong]

Thomas Christensen <address@hidden> writes:

> # echo "foo1" > foo1
> # echo "foo2" > foo2
> # emacs foo*
>
> The splash window is now in the bottom part of the frame, and the foo1
> is in the upper part.  If I select to foo1 window it is cursorless, I
> do a C-x 1 (by habbit), and now I either have to wait for the splash
> code to time out, or find the "secret" splash buffer and click in it.

Thanks for pointing this out.  Is the following a satisfactory solution?

*** emacs/lisp/startup.el.~1.426.~      2007-01-28 10:49:26.000000000 -0500
--- emacs/lisp/startup.el       2007-02-19 21:32:12.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 1388,1393 ****
--- 1388,1394 ----
        (save-selected-window
          (select-frame frame)
          (switch-to-buffer " GNU Emacs")
+         (make-local-variable 'cursor-type)
          (setq splash-buffer (current-buffer))
          (catch 'stop-splashing
            (unwind-protect