Subject: Re: slash screen covers the *Messages* buffer when errors are present in .emacs

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:51:26 -0400

> Create a bad .emacs:
>
> echo ")" > ~/.emacs
>
> emacs&
>
> Emacs starts up, it shows the *Messages* buffer that says that there
> are errors in .emacs, but the splash screens covers it before the user
> has time to read the information.

I've tweaked startup.el to fix this.  Init file errors use
display-warning, just like other startup errors.

Thanks.