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: file name as argument in the command line Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:58:17 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87tzqd4t2e.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <84d4x3d0ww.fsf@blade3.toledo.com> <84myw7wn0a.fsf@blade3.toledo.com> <87ejhjartc.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188708031 27525 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2007 04:40:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 04:40:31 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 02 06:40:30 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 1IRhG8-00044f-Eg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IRhG7-0004Vc-GI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:40:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xt-sjc-03!sn-xt-sjc-09!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:T+49bS7MB7Chil6ZHo//JDnVcqw= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 64 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151557 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:47080 Archived-At: Tim X writes: > dbast0s@yahoo.com.br (Daniel C. Bastos) writes: > >> Subject: Re: file name as argument in the command line >> >> Maarten Bergvelt writes: >> >>> On 2007-08-31, Daniel C. Bastos wrote: >>>> %emacs --version >>>> GNU Emacs 22.1.50.2 >>>> >>>> I recently installed this one from the CVS repository. Now when I run >>>> >>>> %emacs file >>>> >>>> I get the buffer *GNU Emacs* that looks like >>>> >>>> Welcome to GNU Emacs, a part of the GNU operating system. >>>> >>>> Get help >>>> Emacs manual r Browse manuals i >>>> Emacs tutorial t Undo changes C-x u >>>> Buy manuals RET Exit Emacs C-x C-c >>>> Activate menubar M-` >>>> >>>> (...) >>>> >>>> How can I convince emacs to not display this help buffer? The node >>>> ``Emacs Invocation'' says that >>>> >>>> ``The last file name on your command line becomes the current buffer;'' >>>> >>>> but doesn't seem to be true. >>> >>> Look up splash-screen in the news file for your version. If you do >>> anything the desired buffer will appear. See also the variable >>> inhibit-splash-screen. >> >> It behaved this way in my previous version, whatever it was. Now I tried >> moving the point around, I pressed C-l (I think there was a version >> which would kill the splash screen with C-l). >> > > I observed this with one of the CVS snapshots I retrieved. Unfortunately, > the 'splash' screen in that version didn't go away as soon as you hit any > key - it was a propper buffer that had to be killed to get rid of it. > > I noticed something about this in the NEWS file. However, the latest > version of the sources doesn't have this behavior and seems to have gone > back to the old expected behavior. I don't know if this was just an error > in one of the CVS versions that has been fixed or a new 'feature', that was > subsequently removed. > I have to correct myself - I was wrong, that behavior of the splash screen staying in place and not going away as soon as you hit a key is still in place with current CVS version of emacs. However, it looks like this behavior can be customized. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au