GNU bug report logs - #2825
23.0.91; initial-buffer-choice useless with emacs daemon

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Damien Cassou <damien.cassou <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:05:06 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 2825 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 2825 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
        emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2825: 23.0.91; initial-buffer-choice useless with emacs daemon
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:51:19 -0400

>> I'm not sure what you mean by "the startup screen", but if a user
>> prefers to start with a (dired "~/") than with *scratch*, I can't think
>> of a good reason why we should disregard this preference when connecting
>> via the emacsclient.

> The startup screen is what `display-startup-screen' displays. 
> And that's my point too, *scratch* is a fine choice for now.

What does this have to do with the question at hand.  IIUC th question
at hand is: why should the server.el code show "*scratch*" when the user
has set initial-buffer-choice to some file name?


        Stefan
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