GNU bug report logs - #147
23.0.60; scratch buffer initial text

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 146, 1564

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>, submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; scratch buffer initial text
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:58:37 -0400

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This is the current text:
>  
> ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
> ;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
> ;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
>  
> For newbies, it's not clear that you can "visit that file" for a file
> that does not yet exist. Also, the last part about "file's own buffer"
> is not clear. And the emphasis should be on Lisp evaluation here and
> the fact that this buffer is not saved.

I don't think these phrases are prone to confusion.  Anyway, new users
are now presented with the fancy startup screen, not the scratch buffer.
Let's not worry about this.
bug closed, send any further explanations to Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:15:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <don <at> donarmstrong.com> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 16 May 2008 14:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 146 147 1564. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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