Trouble executing (previous-buffer) at startup in .emacs

Trouble executing (previous-buffer) at startup in .emacs

[Chris Seberino]

I'm trying to execute (previous-buffer) at startup.

I created a .emacs with only these 2 commands...

(shell)
(previous-buffer)

I was hoping I'd see something else besides the GNU welcome screen message.
The (shell) ran but the 2nd command didn't seem to.  Why?

cs

Re: Trouble executing (previous-buffer) at startup in .emacs

[Teemu Likonen]

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Chris Seberino [2013-07-11 07:45:14 -07:00] wrote:

> I created a .emacs with only these 2 commands...
>
> (shell)
> (previous-buffer)
>
> I was hoping I'd see something else besides the GNU welcome screen
> message. The (shell) ran but the 2nd command didn't seem to. Why?

Emacs init files (~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el) are executed quite
early in the start-up process and you don't see the effect of
previous-buffer function call. See info node "(elisp) Startup Summary"
or page
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Startup-Summary.html
for more info.

If you are trying to start shell buffer the simplest way is probably to
start Emacs with this option:

    emacs -f shell

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Re: Trouble executing (previous-buffer) at startup in .emacs

[Chris Seberino]

Thanks!  What I'm actually trying to do is modify what buffer emacs lands on when you open multiple buffers at start up.

I've noticed it always starts on the LAST buffer in sorted order.  I want it to start on the FIRST one in sorted order.