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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>