how to get rid of splash/intro screen

[Brad Cantrell]

This is really easy to do in gnu emacs, but I cant find the config
setting in xemacs, I want to get rid of that annoying introduction
screen when I open xemacs. Extra credit if you can tell me how to have
a blank buffer instead of the scratch buffer open as default (as
happens when you get rid of the intro screen in gnu emacs).

Also another side question, Id like to start out in fundemental mode
or slime (common lisp mode) instead of the default emacs lisp mode.
Anyone know where I can set that?

[Colin S. Miller]

Brad,

Add this to your .xemacs/init.el

;; I *know* how to use XEmacs...
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(setq initial-scratch-message '"")
(setq initial-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)

BTW,
C-h a
is your friend; it searches for more in XEmacs than GNU emacs.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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[Brad Cantrell]

On 20 oct, 14:14, "Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-

Thanks a lot Colin. I was hopeing that these settings would be in the
options menu instead of having to edit the config file, not for me,
but for the benefit of people Im trying to turn on to xemacs. I know
so many people who are starting out in Linux and trying to learn with
gvim and dont realize that emacs is so much more adept at graphical
capabilitys that you can start using it without learning any
shortcuts, not that its bad to learn shortcuts but I think its better
to have fun playing with emacs functionality and then learn the
shortcuts later when you are comfortable with the interface. And C-h a
turned out to be easier than I thought, I was thinking that regexps
had to be entered in manually. Thanks again.

[Colin S. Miller]

Brad Cantrell wrote:
> On 20 oct, 14:14, "Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-
> thank-...@csmiller.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot Colin. I was hopeing that these settings would be in the

> options menu instead of having to edit the config file.
I'm afraid I don't use the config menu when I can avoid it.

> I know so many people who are starting out in Linux and trying to learn with
> gvim and dont realize that emacs is so much more adept at graphical
> capabilitys that you can start using it without learning any

> shortcuts.
vim has a steep learning curve. One of my tutors at Uni pointed me
to emacs after I got frustrated at vi, and I've never looked back.

> Not that its bad to learn shortcuts but I think its better

> to have fun playing with emacs functionality and then learn the
> shortcuts later when you are comfortable with the interface.

Yup, same here.

> And C-h a
> turned out to be easier than I thought, I was thinking that regexps
> had to be entered in manually.

You don't have to use regexps for apropos mode; it takes ungrounded strings
as well (as long as you avoid regexp special characters).

> Thanks again.
NP.