From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to hide the startup echo area message? Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:12:19 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8b2c2db0-e058-4c06-9672-a3dcaddbcda2@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210693564 9656 80.91.229.12 (13 May 2008 15:46:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:46:04 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 17:46:39 2008 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 1Jvwd2-0001U4-OD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:41:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59619 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JvwcJ-0001UF-R0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:39 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.news-service.com!news.astraweb.com!border2.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!feeder1.xlned.com!xlned.com!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!xindi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!news.banetele.no!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: remote5.student.chalmers.se Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1210691553 4163 129.16.29.83 (13 May 2008 15:12:33 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:12:33 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110009 (No Gnus v0.9) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gar/elQcYnOn3m+ANppSQmIcKM8= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158599 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:53967 Archived-At: "Bruce C. Miller" writes: > When I start up Gnu Emacs, I see a message that reads "For information > about the GNU Profject and its goals, type C-h C-p." in the minibuffer/ > echo area. > > Having already read this story (several times, in fact), I find this > message rather annoying after seeing it for the zillionth time, but I > haven't been able to turn this off. Can it be done? C-h v inhibit-startup-echo-area-message -- Johan Bockgård