Re: startup issue

[Erik Iverson <eriki@ccbr.umn.edu>]

On 08/11/2010 05:22 PM, Mitul Saha wrote:
> Thanks Erik.
>
>  From my Ubuntu OS, When i start like: "emacs file.txt &",
> in the first window i see the contents of the file "file.txt".
> In the second split window, below the first, I see Information about
> "GNU Emacs".
> Like: "Welcome to GNU Emacs...".
>
> Here are the contents of the ~/.emacs file:
> (custom-set-variables
>    ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
>    ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>    ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>    ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> )
> (custom-set-faces
>    ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
>    ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>    ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>    ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>   )
>

Try adding

(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)

to your .emacs.

Or, start emacs with the --no-splash option.

>     Mitul Saha wrote:
>
>         Hello,
>
>         When I start emacs with a file, the window is automatically
>         split horizontally into two
>         from the beginning. How do I remove this setting (that is, no
>         initial splitting by default)?
>
>         I am using GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
>         2.20.0).
>
>         Thanks,
>         Mitul
>
>
>