(quoted-insert-character-offset): Initialize more cleanly.

[gnu-emacs] / lisp / startup.el

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 68f857cde74fabcafecd8bf3f9e81298885bb640..4c9e9bce7c0243e1c94a523d5c03cef0e4000e85 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -778,11 +778,15 @@ Type \\[describe-distribution] for information on getting the latest version."))
 
                   (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
                   (sit-for 120))
-              (save-excursion
-                ;; In case the Emacs server has already selected
-                ;; another buffer, erase the one our message is in.
-                (set-buffer (get-buffer "*scratch*"))
+              (with-current-buffer (get-buffer "*scratch*")
                 (erase-buffer)
+                (insert "\
+If you want to create a file, don't type the text in this buffer.
+This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
+If you want to create a file, first visit that file with C-x C-f,
+then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
+
+")
                 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)))))
     ;; Delay 2 seconds after the init file error message
     ;; was displayed, so user can read it.