From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Baffling phenomena with site-start.el Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 03:17:17 GMT Organization: Still searching... Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044760753 8294 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 03:19:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 03:19:13 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hhzT-00028f-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 04:18:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hi19-0002WL-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 22:20:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.newsfeed.com!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!news.astraweb.com!news-small.astraweb.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr19.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!cbca52ab!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ArAYOKl4mMeFTFQlk7avS45rTj0= Original-Lines: 49 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.202.235.21 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr19.news.prodigy.com 1044760637 ST000 63.202.235.21 (Sat, 08 Feb 2003 22:17:17 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 22:17:17 EST X-UserInfo1: FKPO@SFDRBRSP_@YMZJ\_Q\@TJ_ZTB\MV@BT]_MIJQR@EPIB_VUKAH_[MTX\IS[K[NGYJJFNOFZR_G[BUNTAOQLFE^TEHRPI]PZZRP_BMDSFQFL_]CBHXRWCMDCUZAZN@D_AKMNLEI]MWHCSXL^]NNC__CZFGSGHYYXWPFG@SCAVA]\FT\@B\RDGENSUQS^M Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109966 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6471 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6471 I've piddled around with this for a while today, just wondering why this might happen. Briefly, the phenomena is that this line of code: (setq inhibit-startup-message t) Is ignored when inserted in site-start.el, but works (prevents splash screen) when inserted in ~.emacs. Too complicate things a little.. /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el is a symlink to a cvs protected file. But, so is ~/.emacs Further, by putting this: (message "hello world -- from ~/.site-start.el") (sit-for 1) At the bottom of both files (with aproppriate names to output) I can see in *Messages* buffer that both are being loaded: (emacs /home/hgp/somefile) Loading disp-table...done Loading tool-bar...done Loading image...done Loading tooltip...done Loading ~/.emacs-custom...done Loading skeleton...done Loading advice...done hello world -- from ~/.site-start.el Loading help-fns...done Loading bbdb-gnus... Loading easymenu...done Loading bbdb-gnus...done Loading diary-lib... Loading regexp-opt...done Loading diary-lib...done Preparing diary... Loading holidays...done Loading cal-hebrew...done Loading cal-islam...done Loading cal-china...done No diary entries for Saturday, February 8, 2003 Loading ~/.abbrev_defs...done hello world -- from ~/.emacs (New file) But still the line of code only works if I put it in ~/.emacs Any one have and idea what I'm seeing here?