* bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations @ 2008-11-05 22:05 ` Joshua Richardson 2008-11-06 7:10 ` bug#1309: marked as done (no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations) Emacs bug Tracking System 2008-11-07 2:23 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Stefan Monnier 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Joshua Richardson @ 2008-11-05 22:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 496 bytes --] Maybe it's not possible, but either way, thinking it should be documented how it would be possible to start emacs without showing the startup screen. There was one reference to using -quick, but that also seemed to bypass customizations. There was not other reference to the startup screen. I'm referring to documentation at: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html Thanks, --josh Joshua Richardson Engineering Manager Yahoo! Upcoming (408) 349-7676 [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3012 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#1309: marked as done (no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations) 2008-11-05 22:05 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Joshua Richardson @ 2008-11-06 7:10 ` Emacs bug Tracking System 2008-11-07 2:23 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Stefan Monnier 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Emacs bug Tracking System @ 2008-11-06 7:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Chong Yidong [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 920 bytes --] Your message dated Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:01:00 -0500 with message-id <87skq5cp8z.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> and subject line Re: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations has caused the Emacs bug report #1309, regarding no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact don@donarmstrong.com immediately.) -- 1309: http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1309 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact don@donarmstrong.com with problems [-- Attachment #2: Type: message/rfc822, Size: 6748 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2.1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 496 bytes --] Maybe it's not possible, but either way, thinking it should be documented how it would be possible to start emacs without showing the startup screen. There was one reference to using -quick, but that also seemed to bypass customizations. There was not other reference to the startup screen. I'm referring to documentation at: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html Thanks, --josh Joshua Richardson Engineering Manager Yahoo! Upcoming (408) 349-7676 [-- Attachment #2.1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 3012 bytes --] [-- Attachment #3: Type: message/rfc822, Size: 1596 bytes --] From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> To: Joshua Richardson <jric@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: 1309-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: Re: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:01:00 -0500 Message-ID: <87skq5cp8z.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> > Maybe it's not possible, but either way, thinking it should be > documented how it would be possible to start emacs without showing the > startup screen. There was one reference to using -quick, but that > also seemed to bypass customizations. There was not other reference > to the startup screen. I'm referring to documentation at: > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html I've made some changes to the Emacs manual in CVS that describes inhibit-startup-screen more prominently. These changes will appear on the website when Emacs 23 is released. Thanks for the bug report. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations 2008-11-05 22:05 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Joshua Richardson 2008-11-06 7:10 ` bug#1309: marked as done (no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations) Emacs bug Tracking System @ 2008-11-07 2:23 ` Stefan Monnier 2008-11-07 19:39 ` Joshua Richardson 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2008-11-07 2:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Joshua Richardson; +Cc: 1309, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Maybe it's not possible, but either way, thinking it should be > documented how it would be possible to start emacs without showing the > startup screen. There was one reference to using -quick, but that > also seemed to bypass customizations. There was not other reference The startup screen itself has a link to "customize startup", where the second entry is "inhibit startup screen". Do you think we should try and make it more prominent? If so how? Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations 2008-11-07 2:23 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Stefan Monnier @ 2008-11-07 19:39 ` Joshua Richardson 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Joshua Richardson @ 2008-11-07 19:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: 1309@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org I don't see the link; must be in newer versions only. As an aside, the option doesn't seem to be working with my version. If I type 'M-x eval-expression', 'inhibit-startup-screen', I see 't' in the status bar, but I'm still getting startup screens. Here is the text from my startup screen: Welcome to GNU Emacs, a part of the GNU operating system. Type C-l to begin editing your file. Get help C-h (Hold down CTRL and press h) Emacs manual C-h r Emacs tutorial C-h t Undo changes C-x u Buy manuals C-h C-m Exit Emacs C-x C-c Browse manuals C-h i Activate menubar F10 or ESC ` or M-` (`C-' means use the CTRL key. `M-' means use the Meta (or Alt) key. If you have no Meta key, you may instead type ESC followed by the character.) GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-pc-freebsd, GTK+ Version 2.10.9) of 2007-08-01 on build01-bsd4.dt.corp.sp1.yahoo.com Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type C-h C-w for full details. Emacs is Free Software--Free as in Freedom--so you can redistribute copies of Emacs and modify it; type C-h C-c to see the conditions. Type C-h C-d for information on getting the latest version. If an Emacs session crashed recently, type Meta-x recover-session RET to recover the files you were editing. -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Monnier [mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 6:23 PM To: Joshua Richardson Cc: 1309@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations > Maybe it's not possible, but either way, thinking it should be > documented how it would be possible to start emacs without showing the > startup screen. There was one reference to using -quick, but that > also seemed to bypass customizations. There was not other reference The startup screen itself has a link to "customize startup", where the second entry is "inhibit startup screen". Do you think we should try and make it more prominent? If so how? Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2008-11-07 19:39 UTC | newest] Thread overview: 4+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed -- links below jump to the message on this page -- [not found] <87skq5cp8z.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> 2008-11-05 22:05 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Joshua Richardson 2008-11-06 7:10 ` bug#1309: marked as done (no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations) Emacs bug Tracking System 2008-11-07 2:23 ` bug#1309: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations Stefan Monnier 2008-11-07 19:39 ` Joshua Richardson
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