How do I get an empty buffer at launch ?

How do I get an empty buffer at launch ?

[François Fayard]

Hello,

When I launch Emacs on my system, it starts with the *GNU Emacs* 
buffer. I would prefer to start with a blank buffer. What can I do for 
that ?

I also don't use the *scratch* buffer. Is there's a way to avoid it to 
be loaded.

Thanks,
François

Re: How do I get an empty buffer at launch ?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Add:

    (setf inhibit-splash-screen t)
    (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "emtpy"))
    (delete-other-windows)

at the end of your ~/.emacs


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Re: How do I get an empty buffer at launch ?

[François Fayard]

On 2010-05-30 13:58:53 +0200, Pascal J. Bourguignon said:

> Add:
> 
>     (setf inhibit-splash-screen t)
>     (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "emtpy"))
>     (delete-other-windows)
> 
> at the end of your ~/.emacs

It works. Thanks for your help.

François

Re: How do I get an empty buffer at launch ?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 30.05.2010 um 13:23 schrieb François Fayard:

> When I launch Emacs on my system, it starts with the *GNU Emacs*  
> buffer. I would prefer to start with a blank buffer. What can I do  
> for that ?

It's documented how to switch that buffer off. Then the *scratch*  
buffer certainly will appear. The disadvantage of a blank buffer is  
that its contents is very volatile, no backups are made.

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   Pete

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	A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of  
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Re: How do I get an empty buffer at launch ?

[PJ Weisberg]

The launcher I use on my desktop runs "emacs new-file-$RANDOM", so it
always opens a blank buffer that gets the 'close without saving'
prompt.

On 12/10/10, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
>
> Am 30.05.2010 um 13:23 schrieb François Fayard:
>
>> When I launch Emacs on my system, it starts with the *GNU Emacs*
>> buffer. I would prefer to start with a blank buffer. What can I do
>> for that ?
>
> It's documented how to switch that buffer off. Then the *scratch*
> buffer certainly will appear. The disadvantage of a blank buffer is
> that its contents is very volatile, no backups are made.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete
>
> Encryption, n.:
> 	A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of
> computer manuals.
>
>
>


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-PJ