From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thierry Volpiatto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to hide the startup echo area message? Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:05:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87hcd2dthv.fsf@thievol.homelinux.org> References: <8b2c2db0-e058-4c06-9672-a3dcaddbcda2@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> <4829c426$1@kcnews01> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210698504 29231 80.91.229.12 (13 May 2008 17:08:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Ken Goldman Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 19:08:59 2008 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 1Jvxyz-0005um-Mw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 19:08:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51072 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JvxyG-0005e3-Jv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 13:07:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JvxtI-0004Lr-SD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JvxtH-0004Lf-63 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36063 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JvxtH-0004Lc-0c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:51569) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JvxtG-0000qm-NK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so3416842fgb.30 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 10:02:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=614erGW5+JVBKvcl28mS9i0eqsFqOlNYve4Lh7Z4zHU=; b=TQzyWN+fsL1QgCAYlUgfee/pBVkmYAajPdWBvZlPQWjwWgt7CslgLafEoNVg2/MYyLb8LgFo7wh2JxfpUfxoMJqkkpK1lkER4swAQqjB4jN+Te7SgvsW1NPtPPfk8pr0bu2b/94jr0NrL8Amonap+ZXEN67EkEdrWHlFdgJ7Pss= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=tpgbVeAjrC5DBnL7XEBkshpwI+fNKcOGZja+gJ6J9AvfndlqmU7QHJnGqf1NMhWWgwtvn3ao1scrNPsyrc/lPxT8bXRXpFE5+K25k2QIGAZ9XuXWxb0eZNUFH9wHUOFDqZbEjNrHaNRFsIiJuMtVqZm/pw0ciTIuFZjJSA25BDo= Original-Received: by 10.86.90.13 with SMTP id n13mr65141fgb.3.1210698132496; Tue, 13 May 2008 10:02:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from thievol.homelinux.org ( [77.197.77.163]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l19sm83546fgb.9.2008.05.13.10.02.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 13 May 2008 10:02:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4829c426$1@kcnews01> (Ken Goldman's message of "Tue, 13 May 2008 12:39:04 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:53971 Archived-At: Ken Goldman writes: > My generic answer to emacs startup questions is to use > one of the client / server packages, gnuclient or > emacsclient. > > I typically start emacs and leave it running for weeks > or months at a time, connecting new clients as needed. > Besides eliminating your zillion messages, starting > a client is much faster then starting emacs. > > Bruce C. Miller wrote: >> 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? > Hi! yes you can turn it off: ,---- | ;; No startup screen | (setq inhibit-startup-message t) `---- And if you want another message: ;; Message displayed in *scratch* on startup ;; Take effect only on last emacs versions unless ;; inhibit-startup-(message/screen) is nil. ,---- | (setq initial-scratch-message (purecopy "\ | ;; Thierry's Lisp Interaction Buffer: | | ")) `---- -- A + Thierry Pub key: http://pgp.mit.edu