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Re: Scratch buffer annoyance
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: Scratch buffer annoyance |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:42:09 +0200 (CEST) |
>> Wouldn't it be smarter to make the initial splash screen the
>> current buffer when Emacs starts instead? It would make
>> sense for that to be read-only, and when one does C-x C-q,
>> it could for example clear it and toggle the read-only
>> status of the buffer (with a brief note in the initial
>> splash screen that one can do C-x C-q to convert it into a
>> "scratch" buffer).
>>
>> It is an interesting idea. What do others think?
>
> This will make Emacs even more difficult to use for new or
> occasional users. They would need to know a key combination just
> to get started. And it would be much more annoying than the
> current situation.
Then all users that like the scratch buffer as it is right now
would need to `C-x C-q' on startup. And what if you don't want the
splash-screen at all?
The splash screen can always be disabled using inhibit-splash-screen.
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, (continued)
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Reitter, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Tassilo Horn, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Johan Bockgård, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Reitter, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Tassilo Horn, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Reitter, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/18
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/07/18
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Tassilo Horn, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Kastrup, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Reitter, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/18
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Kastrup, 2007/07/18
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/19
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Kastrup, 2007/07/17
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Mathias Dahl, 2007/07/17