How do I kill the GNU Emacs buffer when emacs starts?

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Unable to hide welcome screen in Emacs

Is there a way I can prevent the GNU Emacs buffer from coming up when emacs starts?

duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/744672/unable-to-hide-welcome-screen-in-emacs — Rohith, Oct 06 '10 at 03:01

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '10 at 02:47

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I believe this in your ~/.emacs will do that

;; no startup msg  
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)        ; Disable startup message

answered Oct 06 '10 at 02:47

Dirk Eddelbuettel

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inhibit-startup-message is an alias for inhibit-startup-screen – slu Oct 06 '10 at 05:45

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '10 at 02:52

7

The following in your .emacs will do the trick.

(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)

answered Oct 06 '10 at 02:52

Colin Cochrane

How do I kill the *GNU Emacs* buffer when emacs starts?