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From: "Bruce C. Miller" <bm3719@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to hide the startup echo area message?
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:59:54 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <12753ed0-2983-44c5-83a0-c004f4656de4@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: yoijr6c6ck6k.fsf@remote5.student.chalmers.se

On May 13, 11:12 am, bojohan+n...@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgård)
wrote:
> "Bruce C. Miller" <bm3...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > When I start up Gnu Emacs, I see a message that reads "For information
> > about the GNU Profject and its goals, type C-h C-p." in the minibuffer/
> > echo area.
>
> > Having already read this story (several times, in fact), I find this
> > message rather annoying after seeing it for the zillionth time, but I
> > haven't been able to turn this off. Can it be done?
>
> C-h v inhibit-startup-echo-area-message
>
> --
> Johan Bockgård

Precisely what I needed. Thanks. :)


  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-13 20:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-12 21:29 How to hide the startup echo area message? Bruce C. Miller
2008-05-12 22:37 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-05-13 14:41   ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-05-12 22:49 ` David Hansen
2008-05-13 15:12 ` Johan Bockgård
2008-05-13 20:59   ` Bruce C. Miller [this message]
2008-05-13 16:39 ` Ken Goldman
2008-05-13 17:05   ` Thierry Volpiatto

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