Subject: bug#8740: 24.0.50; Modeline in the [*About GNU Emacs*] buffer

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 19:30:45 -0400

Dani Moncayo <[email-masked]> writes:

> I don't understand why the modeline has to be special for the [*About
> GNU Emacs*] buffer.

Me neither, especially since it only affects the non-graphic version.
I've remove the gratuitous lines from startup.el.