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Emacs : how to load file content in scratch screen

I would like to load "~/todo.org" file content in scratch buffer at startup.

I have tried:

(setq initial-buffer-choice "~/todo.org")

But it opens the file in a new buffer (not scratch).

I have also tried:

(setq initial-scratch-message "~/todo.org")

But it prints the file path in the scratch buffer and i would like it's content.

I also would like to change the mode of the scratch buffer to org-mode.

I have tried: 

(setq initial-major-mode org-mode)

But i have an initialisation error

Symbol's value as variable is void: org-mode

Solution

  • Finally, i'll go for this:

    (condition-case err
  (when (get-buffer "*scratch*")
    (with-current-buffer "*scratch*"
      (erase-buffer)
      (insert-file-contents "~/todo.org")
      (org-mode)
    )
  )
(error (message "%s" error-message-string err)))