I think that Pd should startup with a blank Pd window, just like a blank canvas. The new log levels makes this easy to accomplish. Gem is the last library in Pd-extended that still uses post() for its version message. I propose using the new 0.43 logpost(NULL, 3, "Gem version);. Then by default, the Pd window is blank, but people can easily see all the version posts if they want to.
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