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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el index 20f25a8de38..15a79f6f5bf 100644 --- a/lisp/startup.el +++ b/lisp/startup.el @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ;;; startup.el --- process Emacs shell arguments -*- lexical-binding: t -*- -;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1992, 1994-2015 Free Software Foundation, +;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1992, 1994-2016 Free Software Foundation, ;; Inc. ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org @@ -76,13 +76,24 @@ once you are familiar with the contents of the startup screen." (defvar startup-screen-inhibit-startup-screen nil) -;; FIXME? Why does this get such weirdly extreme treatment, when the -;; more important inhibit-startup-screen does not. +;; The mechanism used to ensure that only end users can disable this +;; message is not complex. Clearly, it is possible for a determined +;; system administrator to inhibit this message anyway, but at least +;; they will do so with knowledge of why the Emacs developers think +;; this is a bad idea. (defcustom inhibit-startup-echo-area-message nil "Non-nil inhibits the initial startup echo area message. -Setting this variable takes effect -only if you do it with the customization buffer -or if your init file contains a line of this form: + +The startup message is in the echo area as it provides information +about GNU Emacs and the GNU system in general, which we want all +users to see. As this is the least intrusive startup message, +this variable gets specialized treatment to prevent the message +from being disabled site-wide by systems administrators, while +still allowing individual users to do so. + +Setting this variable takes effect only if you do it with the +customization buffer or if your init file contains a line of this +form: (setq inhibit-startup-echo-area-message \"YOUR-USER-NAME\") If your init file is byte-compiled, use the following form instead: |