For some reason my emacs is launching in split screen (horizontal) with the top half being Messages and the bottom half being Fancy Diary. Nothing in my `.emacs` explains why it is launching in split screen. I also tried killing Messages on launch but it didn't work because it just brings in the scratch and Messages buffres on start. Below are the relevant pieces on my `.emacs` file.
Diary info:
```
(setq initial-buffer-choice 'diary-fancy-display-mode)
;desktop notifications
(require 'notifications)
(defcustom appt-notification-bus :session
"dbus notifications"
:version "29.05"
:group 'appt-notification
:type '(choice (const :tag "Session bus" :session) string))
(defun user/appt-display (min-to-app new-time msg)
"sends notifications"
(notifications-notify :bus appt-notification-bus
:title (format "Appointment in %s minutes" min-to-app)
:body (format "%s" msg)
:replaces-id nil
:app-icon notifications-application-icon
:timeout 8000
:desktop-entry "diary"))
(setq appt-disp-window-function (function user/appt-display))
(setq-default diary-file "/home/alarm/.emacs.d/diary"
appt-display-format 'window
appt-display-duration 60
appt-audible t
appt-display-interval 15
appt-message-warning-time 15
display-time-24hr-format t
display-time-day-and-date t)
(appt-activate t)
```
Misc launch stuff
```
(kill-buffer "*scratch*")
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
(scroll-bar-mode -1)
;(kill-buffer "*Messages*")
```