From 61b9fed1ff9cd96fb7be0835f22a8c538f9b2cde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:59:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Entering Emacs): Note that inhibit-startup-screen can't be changed in the site-start file. --- doc/emacs/entering.texi | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/entering.texi b/doc/emacs/entering.texi index 7dfb86b6f49..0d18e579ac8 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/entering.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/entering.texi @@ -69,7 +69,14 @@ non-@code{nil}, Emacs does not display the startup screen. In that case, if one or more files were specified on the command line, Emacs simply displays those files; otherwise, it displays a buffer named @samp{*scratch*}, which can be used to evaluate Emacs Lisp expressions -interactively. @xref{Lisp Interaction}. +interactively (@pxref{Lisp Interaction}). You can set the variable +@code{inhibit-startup-screen} by using the Customize facility +(@pxref{Easy Customization}), or by editing your initialization file +(@pxref{Init File}).@footnote{Note that setting +@code{inhibit-startup-screen} in @file{site-start.el} doesn't work, +because the startup screen is set up before reading +@file{site-start.el}. @xref{Init File}, for information about +@file{site-start.el}.} @node Exiting, Basic, Entering Emacs, Top @section Exiting Emacs -- 2.39.2