GNU bug report logs - #13208
23.3; startup.el: not possible to set inhibit-startup-echo-area-message for shared .emacs.el with different user names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar <at> debian.org>

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 12370

Found in versions 23.3, 24.2.50

Done: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 13208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar <at> debian.org>
Cc: 13208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13208: 23.3; startup.el: not possible to set
	inhibit-startup-echo-area-message for shared .emacs.el with different
	user names
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:15:39 +0100

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar <at> debian.org> wrote:

> The function display-startup-echo-area-message in startup.el checks that
> inhibit-startup-echo-area-message is set in .emacs.el to a string
> literal matching the user name. This makes is impossible to set the
> option in a .emacs.el shared between different machines where I have
> different user names.

Try

  (put 'inhibit-startup-echo-area-message 'saved-value t)
  (setq inhibit-startup-echo-area-message (user-login-name))

  J
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