Re: Splash screen and gnuserv

[Chong Yidong]

Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:

> I think there is a problem with the splash screen and
> gnuclient/server. I do not know if this problem exists with
> emacsclient/server, but it would be good if someone tested. Below is a
> description from a message in help-emacs-windows. I believe this is
> enough to describe the problem. I have tested this with
>
>   In GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.0.2195)

I can't reproduce this on GNU Emacs 22.0.50.14 (i686-pc-linux-gnu,
GTK+ Version 2.8.20).  I guess this is Windows-only.

>> ~/.emacs:
>> ;; load viper
>> (setq viper-mode t)
>> (require 'viper)
>>
>> ~/.viper:
>> (setq viper-inhibit-startup-message 't)
>> (setq viper-expert-level '5)
>>
>> For example, I open a .txt file (bound to gnuclientw) from the Desktop,
>> Emacs comes up, shows the EmacsW32 splash page, and then the .txt file.
>> The status bar shows (V). I try the 'j' & 'k' movement keys and it
>> inserts characters.
>
> It seems like this has something to do with the splash screen. If I
> turn off the splash screen the problem disappears.
>
> To turn off it do
>
>   M-x customize-option RET
>   Customize variable: inhibit-splash-screen
>
> and then set inhibit-splash-screen to "on" and save the value.