From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 23:22:28 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Reword initial *scratch* for brevity, appearance
X-Git-Tag: emacs-25.0.90~356
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=767240ec4645fac2d72f681cd7a6013399e12e56;p=emacs.git

Reword initial *scratch* for brevity, appearance

* lisp/startup.el (initial-scratch-message):
Reword to avoid apostrophes, and to make it shorter.
See the thread starting in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01241.html
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diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 0e36d35400c..20f25a8de38 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1430,9 +1430,8 @@ settings will be marked as \"CHANGED outside of Customize\"."
       (put 'cursor 'face-modified t))))
 
 (defcustom initial-scratch-message (purecopy "\
-;; This buffer is for notes you don\\='t want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
-;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with \\[find-file],
-;; then enter the text in that file\\='s own buffer.
+;; This buffer is for text that is not saved, and for Lisp evaluation.
+;; To create a file, visit it with \\[find-file] and enter text in its buffer.
 
 ")
   "Initial documentation displayed in *scratch* buffer at startup.