Re: Prevent Info Screen on Emacs Startup

[Robert D. Crawford]

"Joe Hesse" <joe_hesse@actcx.com> writes:

> When I start emacs from a command shell under Gnome, like:
> $ emacs myfile.txt &
> the emacs editor starts with an info screen.  I can get rid of the info 
> screen with ctrl-l.
>
> I would prefer that this info screen not be there and I am immediately 
> editing myfile.txt.  How do I do this?

I think this is what you are looking for:

inhibit-splash-screen is a variable defined in `startup.el'.
Its value is t


Documentation:
Non-nil inhibits the startup screen.
It also inhibits display of the initial message in the `*scratch*' buffer.

This is for use in your personal init file (but NOT site-start.el), once
you are familiar with the contents of the startup screen.

You can customize this variable.

rdc
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