GNU bug report logs - #32019
26.1; spacebar on splash screen fails to reach *scratch* buffer

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From: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.1; spacebar on splash screen fails to reach *scratch* buffer
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 22:17:55 +1000

*info* (eintr) Buffer Names has the following:

     In the old days, when you lacked a ‘~/.emacs’ file and started an
  Emacs session by typing the command ‘emacs’ alone, without naming any
  files, Emacs started with the ‘*scratch*’ buffer visible.  Nowadays, you
  will see a splash screen.  You can follow one of the commands suggested
  on the splash screen, visit a file, or press the spacebar to reach the
  ‘*scratch*’ buffer.

On Emacs 26.1 NS port and Emacs 27.0.50 GNU Linux, pressing the spacebar
at the splash screen causes the echo area to show `End of buffer`. 

It fails to reach the *scratch* buffer as described in elispintro infopage,
as quoted.

Message #10 received at 32019-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
Cc: 32019-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32019: 26.1;
 spacebar on splash screen fails to reach *scratch* buffer
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 16:15:04 +0300

> From: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 22:17:55 +1000
> 
> *info* (eintr) Buffer Names has the following:
> 
>      In the old days, when you lacked a ‘~/.emacs’ file and started an
>   Emacs session by typing the command ‘emacs’ alone, without naming any
>   files, Emacs started with the ‘*scratch*’ buffer visible.  Nowadays, you
>   will see a splash screen.  You can follow one of the commands suggested
>   on the splash screen, visit a file, or press the spacebar to reach the
>   ‘*scratch*’ buffer.
> 
> On Emacs 26.1 NS port and Emacs 27.0.50 GNU Linux, pressing the spacebar
> at the splash screen causes the echo area to show `End of buffer`. 
> 
> It fails to reach the *scratch* buffer as described in elispintro infopage,
> as quoted.

That description was incorrect since Emacs 22.2.  I fixed it.

Thanks.

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