From 767240ec4645fac2d72f681cd7a6013399e12e56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 15:22:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- lisp/startup.el | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 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. -- 2.39.5