From e1aa3fdd1ca82abf5acc0cd3c2b86a5ca1083941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Procter <jprocter@issues.jalview.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 17:01:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-3814 NONEWS property

---
 src/jalview/bin/Cache.java   |    1 +
 src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
index 600d19c..2904fc3 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ import jalview.ws.sifts.SiftsSettings;
  * <li>ID_ORG_HOSTURL location of jalview service providing identifiers.org urls
  * </li>
  * 
+ * <li>NONEWS - when set disables Jalview News from automatically appearing</li>
  * </ul>
  * Deprecated settings:
  * <ul>
diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index 3a238bb..a077f95 100755
--- 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();
       }
-- 
1.7.10.2