i would like to change the emacs fancy-startup-text (the splash screen that shows up, i know how to close it but not how to replace it with my own). idea is to build my own startup page that fetches some things from the web (news items, sport fixtures, word of the day etc) for emacs.
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A:
User Option: initial-buffer-choice
This variable, if non-nil, determines a file or buffer for Emacs to display after starting up, instead of the startup screen. If its value is t, Emacs displays the ‘scratch’ buffer. If its value is a string, that specifies the name of a file for Emacs to visit.
The MYYN
2010-04-03 08:09:28
This doesn't seem to work I think. I am on v 22.2.1. This is what I have on my .emacs file (setq initial-scratch-message "Hello world")(setq initial-buffer-choice t)Even though the buffer choice points to opening of the scratch buffer, I still get to see the default startup message. If i put (setq inhibit-startup-message t)then I dont see the default splash screen but the *scratch* buffer also goes blank.
ujj
2010-04-03 09:17:16
A:
In your .emacs file, write code that sets the initial-scratch-message variable, which controls the text that appears in the *scratch* buffer.
Etaoin
2010-04-03 08:31:26
A:
You can use a startup hook to do whatever you want after Emacs starts up:
(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook 'my-startup-fcn)
(defun my-startup-fcn ()
"do fancy things"
(let ((my-buffer (get-buffer-create "my-buffer")))
(with-current-buffer my-buffer
;; this is what you customize
(insert "some stuff\nmore stuff"))
(switch-to-buffer my-buffer)))
Trey Jackson
2010-04-03 13:42:18