This is something I'm still trying to solve this. The short-term fix is to suppress the splash screen by setting the variable inhibit-startup-message to be non-nil. The easiest way to do this is by using customize, e.g., type:
M-x customize-variable[ret] inhibit-startup-message[ret] and then saving it for future sessions via the <state> widget. I swear I'll figure the problem out (or more accurately find time to do so) eventually... -christian On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 03:10 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > I've had the same problem. If you give a filename to emacs (e.g. emacs > foo.txt) you won't have any problems, because there's no splash screen. > I'll cc the maintainer as well. > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > Levitated Dipole Experiment > MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Wiener, Matthew wrote: > >> Hi. I just installed emacs21 (version 21.2.1). I'm running the latest >> versions of both fink components (0.9.11 and 0.4.0.cvs). >> >> If I wait a while after starting up emacs (30 seconds to a minute), it >> switches from the colorful splash screen to the scratch buffer, and >> everything works fine. However, if I try to type anything or click in >> the >> window before the splash screen vanishes, I get the following in the >> minibuffer: >> >> Invalid function: (macro . #[(newelt listname) " <garbage in here>" >> [listname newelt setq cons] 5 1364953]) >> >> The <garbage in here> appears to be some control characters -- I'm >> having >> trouble pasting them. >> If I then wait 15 or 30 seconds without doing anything, I can click in >> the >> window and everything works as usual. However, the clock seems to be >> reset >> if I try to click during the 15 or 30 seconds. I looked for a log, but >> can't find anything. (The error message from the minibuffer is >> repeated in >> the "Messages" buffer.) >> >> I had no such problems with emacs 20.7, which 21.2.1 replaced. >> >> Anyone have any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Matthew Wiener >> Applied Computer Science and Mathematics Department >> Merck Research Labs >> Rahway, NJ 07065-0900 >> 732-594-5303 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains >> information of Merck & Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) >> that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally >> privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or >> entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, >> and have received this message in error, please immediately return >> this by e-mail and then delete it. >> >> ======================================================================== >> ====== >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-users mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users >> > _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
