From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert D. Crawford" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Prevent Info Screen on Emacs Startup Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:27:15 -0500 Message-ID: <873b14rfq4.fsf@comcast.net> References: <136e53m2btcl115@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181170332 22520 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 22:52:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 22:52:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 07 00:52:11 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 1Hw4MF-0002Ua-Vn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:52:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hw4MA-0000IM-45 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:51:58 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:27:21 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LOG7q45XP3souvpKKaipadmdYUc= Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.51.66 Original-X-Trace: sv3-XnB9UphNNYxljsswcfZC7wlc8IagKXjbKj7iQPgBZMP4ytXrY9crNrNXsZMj1BUMHXhNnJvWp25bpu+!E6Prga7882xuPPD8OIzuo6bTC1UCRmpHPFxXlYoGbRisOm6Q94zy93Buil2tPI4zMbLK0gM5xaBI!tmY= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:149137 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:50:34 -0400 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:44726 Archived-At: "Joe Hesse" writes: > 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? I think this is what you are looking for: inhibit-splash-screen is a variable defined in `startup.el'. Its value is t Documentation: Non-nil inhibits the startup screen. It also inhibits display of the initial message in the `*scratch*' buffer. This is for use in your personal init file (but NOT site-start.el), once you are familiar with the contents of the startup screen. You can customize this variable. rdc -- Robert D. Crawford rdc1x@comcast.net Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. -- "Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"