From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: poppyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Prevent Info Screen on Emacs Startup Date: 08 Jun 2007 15:48:41 +0100 Organization: University Of Oxford, England Message-ID: <0fr6om8pti.fsf@clpc78.comlab> References: <136e53m2btcl115@corp.supernews.com> <466aa433$1@news.greennet.net> <87odjq8q46.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181317269 13833 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2007 15:41:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:41:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 08 17:41:07 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HwgaG-0007lb-AV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:41:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwgaF-0006Nq-W1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:41:04 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feeder.news-service.com!83.128.0.11.MISMATCH!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!bandi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!demorgan.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 45 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: clpc78.comlab.ox.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk 1181314121 1550 163.1.27.212 (8 Jun 2007 14:48:41 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@ox.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:48:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Emacs Gnus Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:149206 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:44794 Archived-At: I think somebody has point out the solution several days ago add this to .emacs file ;; Supress the GNU startup message (setq inhibit-startup-message t) Tim X writes: > Ken Goldman writes: > > > My standard answer to startup complaints is to use the emacs client/server > > model. Start up emacs once and then leave it running forever as a server. > > Edit new files using the emacs client. > > > > This solves all the typical "slow startup" complaints as well as your splash > > screen issue. > > > > Using the emacs client stuff is good. However, to answer the OPs original > question, you can disable the splash screen with a command line switch (I think > it might be -no-splash or something similar). > > You can probably get rid of it through customize or X resources as well. > However, I'm not sure as I've never bothered (because I don't start emacs that > often - leave it running for weeks at a time). > > Tim > > > Joe Hesse wrote: > >> I have emacs 22.0.990.1. Using Fedora 7 with Gnome. > >> > >> When I start emacs from a command shell under Gnome, like: > >> $ emacs myfile.txt & > >> the emacs editor starts with an info screen. I can get rid of the info > >> screen with ctrl-l. > >> > >> I would prefer that this info screen not be there and I am immediately > >> editing myfile.txt. How do I do this? > > -- > tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au --