From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Prevent Info Screen on Emacs Startup Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:42:17 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87odjq8q46.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <136e53m2btcl115@corp.supernews.com> <466aa433$1@news.greennet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181317240 13719 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2007 15:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:40:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 08 17:40:38 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 1HwgZq-0007dd-Kk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:40:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwgZq-000665-5W for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!sn-xt-sjc-03!sn-xt-sjc-10!sn-xt-sjc-08!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YcbBNdxY8QDWKv8wlyG80V5cwE8= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 33 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:149205 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:44793 Archived-At: Ken Goldman writes: > My standard answer to startup complaints is to use the emacs client/server > model. Start up emacs once and then leave it running forever as a server. > Edit new files using the emacs client. > > This solves all the typical "slow startup" complaints as well as your splash > screen issue. > Using the emacs client stuff is good. However, to answer the OPs original question, you can disable the splash screen with a command line switch (I think it might be -no-splash or something similar). You can probably get rid of it through customize or X resources as well. However, I'm not sure as I've never bothered (because I don't start emacs that often - leave it running for weeks at a time). Tim > Joe Hesse wrote: >> I have emacs 22.0.990.1. Using Fedora 7 with Gnome. >> >> 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? -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au