From ec45a7f3c872496cc282806938e2b9d6e023f935 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-3746 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 4d1a453..adfd206 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ 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 4c018fb..d5eefe2 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ public class Jalview
                   .println("CMD [-noquestionnaire] executed successfully!");
         }
 
-        if (!aparser.contains("nonews"))
+        if (!aparser.contains("nonews")
+                || Cache.getProperty("NONEWS") == null)
         {
           desktop.checkForNews();
         }
-- 
1.7.10.2