Mike Chirico on 21 Dec 2007 18:33:52 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Turning off the splash screen in emacs 22


On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 08:45:04PM -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> So I just installed emacs 22 to give it a try.  I haven't done much
> testing with it yet, but there's one new "feature" that already find
> very annoying.
> 
> In emacs 22 every time you open a file (for instance, when writing
> this email), it displays a splash screen until you press a key.  In
> emacs 21 it only displayed that screen if you started emacs without
> specifying an initial file to open.
> 
> Does anyone know how to restore the old behavior?

In the .emacs file, add the following:

;;disable splash screen and startup message
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(setq initial-scratch-message nil)

Regards,

Mike Chirico

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