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Re: Scratch buffer annoyance
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Scratch buffer annoyance |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:46:34 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:
>> > ! (defcustom initial-buffer nil
>> > ! "Buffer to show after starting Emacs."
>> > ! :type '(choice
>> > ! (directory :tag "Directory" :value "~/")
>> > ! (file :tag "File" :value "~/new.txt")
>> > ! (const :tag "*scratch* buffer" :value "*scratch*")
>> > ! (const :tag "Splash screen" nil))
>>
>> That variable name is misleading because the value is not a buffer.
>> Please change the variable name to one that fits the meaning.
>
> The name `initial-buffer' means what the current buffer the user gets
> after startup: a buffer with the home directory, a buffer with some
> specified file, the *scratch* buffer, or the buffer with startup screen.
>
> I don't see a better name. Maybe, `initial-display-buffer' or
> `initial-current-buffer'?
initial-visit maybe? Actually, "*scratch*" is a value with a
different logic, so one should perhaps explain what makes it special.
I could not guess, for example, what "*Messages*" would do here.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, (continued)
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Juri Linkov, 2007/07/21
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/23
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Juri Linkov, 2007/07/23
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/24
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Juri Linkov, 2007/07/24
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Kastrup, 2007/07/25
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Juri Linkov, 2007/07/27
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Juri Linkov, 2007/07/27
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/28
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Juri Linkov, 2007/07/29
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance,
David Kastrup <=
- RE: Scratch buffer annoyance, Drew Adams, 2007/07/29
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/30
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Miles Bader, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Kastrup, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Miles Bader, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, Andreas Schwab, 2007/07/31
- Re: Scratch buffer annoyance, David Kastrup, 2007/07/31