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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-12-26 15:22:28 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-12-26 15:23:04 -0800
commit767240ec4645fac2d72f681cd7a6013399e12e56 (patch)
tree329a2ed2d587b624f92a2783c99daa5ce3214bc2 /lisp/startup.el
parentba66b357f14db867b5ffd3e75e94b08fe8c36d9c (diff)
downloademacs-767240ec4645fac2d72f681cd7a6013399e12e56.tar.gz
Reword initial *scratch* for brevity, appearance
* lisp/startup.el (initial-scratch-message): Reword to avoid apostrophes, and to make it shorter. See the thread starting in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01241.html
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diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 0e36d35400c..20f25a8de38 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1430,9 +1430,8 @@ settings will be marked as \"CHANGED outside of Customize\"."
(put 'cursor 'face-modified t))))
(defcustom initial-scratch-message (purecopy "\
-;; This buffer is for notes you don\\='t want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
-;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with \\[find-file],
-;; then enter the text in that file\\='s own buffer.
+;; This buffer is for text that is not saved, and for Lisp evaluation.
+;; To create a file, visit it with \\[find-file] and enter text in its buffer.
")
"Initial documentation displayed in *scratch* buffer at startup.