JAL-3814 NONEWS property

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / bin / Jalview.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index 3a238bb..a077f95 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ public class Jalview
         System.err.println("CMD [-noquestionnaire] executed successfully!");
       }
 
-      if (!aparser.contains("nonews"))
+      if (!aparser.contains("nonews")
+              || Cache.getProperty("NONEWS") == null)
       {
         desktop.checkForNews();
       }