EMACS Question - Startup

[Stephen D Preston]

I have used emacs as a text editor for many years, currently on a Windows XP platform. My current version (21.3.1) of emacs always starts up with two windows. The first has a black background and doesn't seem to have any function. The second is the normal emacs editing window. Both seem to be tied together in that if I close one, both close. Is there any way to have emacs start up without the annoying and seemingly useless first window?

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Stephen D. Preston
USGS NAWQA Hydrologic Systems Team
MD-DE-DC Water Science Center
1289 McD Drive
Dover, Delaware 19901
Tel: 302 - 734 - 2506, ext 230
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[Jason Rumney-4]

Stephen D Preston wrote:
>
> I have used emacs as a text editor for many years, currently on a
> Windows XP platform. My current version (21.3.1) of emacs always
> starts up with two windows. The first has a black background and
> doesn't seem to have any function. The second is the normal emacs
> editing window. Both seem to be tied together in that if I close one,
> both close. Is there any way to have emacs start up without the
> annoying and seemingly useless first window?
Use runemacs.exe instead of emacs.exe.