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Subject: Re: (very) little startup screen patch
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From: Jens Lautenbacher <jens@lemming0.lem.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Date: 04 Mar 1997 16:23:29 +0100
In-Reply-To: Martin Buchholz's message of Mon, 3 Mar 1997 15:32:05 -0800
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Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

> >>>>> "Jens" == Jens Lautenbacher <jens@lemcbed.lem.uni-karlsruhe.de> writes:
> 
> Jens> This fixes one line and sets truncate-line to t for this
> Jens> buffer. Incomplete lines at least look better than wrapped ones (on
> Jens> astartup screen I have to repeat.)
> 
> 2 problems:
> 
> - does truncate-lines get reset when the splash screen is removed?

truncate-lines's value is nil
  -- a built-in buffer-local variable.
This value is specific to the current buffer.
 
> - attempts to scroll the splash screen currently remove the
>   information, just like a keypress.  So having unusable horizontal
>   scrollbars appear by setting truncate-lines is rather hostile.

May be not nice. But better (looking) than wrapping, anyway IMHO.
DO you have some quick solution how to break the output of
(emacs-version) ?

		JTL

