Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org&gt; writes: > I was almost going to suggest that, or something similar: Add an > `X' button to (all) mode lines at the far right, which when > clicked would delete the window. Did you mean something like > that (but just for the startup display)? > > This is a good idea, in a general way, but I have one concern. > Normally the X to close a window is at the TOP right corner. > If there is an X at the right on a mode line, I think users > might suppose it refers to the window below it. Then when > it instead deletes the window above the mode line, they > will be surprised. We could display [X] upside down to show the difference.