startup issue

startup issue

[Mitul Saha]

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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

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Re: startup issue

[Erik Iverson]

Please give more information, what are the contents of the two windows?
Do you have an emacs init file (.emacs) ?

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
> 
> 

Re: startup issue

[Mitul Saha]

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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.
 )

Let me know if you have more questions. Thanks!
Mitul


On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Erik Iverson <eriki@ccbr.umn.edu> wrote:

> Please give more information, what are the contents of the two windows?
> Do you have an emacs init file (.emacs) ?
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>

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Re: startup issue

[Erik Iverson]

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
>
>
>

Re: startup issue

[Peter Axon]

Mitul Saha <mitul.saha@gmail.com> writes:

> 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...".

I think it could be this emacs splash screen that is the cause. Try
adding the following line to your ~/.emacs and restarting emacs.

;; don't show splash screen
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)

-- 
Peter

Re: startup issue

[Mitul Saha]

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Thanks a lot Erik! That worked!
Mitul

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Erik Iverson <eriki@ccbr.umn.edu> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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Re: startup issue

[Bob Proulx]

Mitul Saha wrote:
> 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)?

To prevent this I have the following in my .emacs file.

(if (>= emacs-major-version 22)
    (setq inhibit-startup-screen t))

If someone on the list has a solution that only does that if there are
files on the command line that would be preferable to me.

Bob

Re: startup issue

[Will Parsons]

Bob Proulx wrote:
> Mitul Saha wrote:
>> 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)?
>
> To prevent this I have the following in my .emacs file.
>
> (if (>= emacs-major-version 22)
>     (setq inhibit-startup-screen t))
>
> If someone on the list has a solution that only does that if there are
> files on the command line that would be preferable to me.

I have:

(when (> (length command-line-args) 1)
  (setq inhibit-splash-screen t))

-- 
Will