Re: fancy-splash-screen customize group...

[Chong Yidong]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

>>> when doing
>>> M-x customize-group RET fancy-splash-screen RET
>>
>>> I actually don't get a customizable option for the most important
>>> thing: how to turn it off.
>>
>> That's because the relevant option is in the `initialization' group.
>> We can add it also to the `fancy-splash-screen' group, but it uses a
>> different terminology ("startup message" vs. "fancy splash screen").
>
> Well, I actually went to the `initialization' group, but did not
> associate "inhibit startup message" (and the message is later spelled
> out as text in the group) with the fancy splash screen.

M-x apropos RET splash screen RET

  display-splash-screen
    Command: Display splash screen according to display.
  fancy-splash-screen
    Group: Fancy splash screen when Emacs starts.
    Plist: group-documentation custom-version custom-group
  fancy-splash-screens
    Function: Display fancy splash screens when Emacs starts.
  fancy-splash-screens-1
    Function: Timer function displaying a splash screen.
  inhibit-splash-screen
    Variable: (not documented)


inhibit-splash-screen is a variable defined in `startup.el'.
Its value is t

This variable is an alias for `inhibit-startup-message'.
Documentation:
*Non-nil inhibits the initial startup message.
This is for use in your personal init file, once you are familiar
with the contents of the startup message.