GNU bug report logs - #9248
Don't show splash screen when running "emacs <file>" by default

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9248 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9248: 23.2; Welcome screen
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:40:04 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> I agree that this should be changed.  I expect a splash screen to be
> shown only when I run a command without specifying any particular
> file.  IME, this is what most other software does, and I see no reason
> why Emacs should be different.

Catching up on emacs-devel, there is a thread on this particular
issue... where Stefan Monnier points to the "Dismiss this startup
screen" button.  That button quits the window and customizes
inhibit-startup-window to t.  This code seems to have been introduced
in 2007 by Chong Yidong (commit 22a58255).

Of course, I have never seen that button over the years.  I find that
your brain learns to filter out splash screens completely after a
while, which incidentally makes displaying them more often
counter-productive.

So, I don't think this changes my previous argument, but it does make
any need to change it less pressing.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.