Loading custom notation on startup without showing the Notation palette

Question

I was creating some custom notations using the Notation package and it works fine. I put it in my default personal package, and it loads fine on Mathematica's startup. To make it complete I need just one more thing. How can I suppress the Notation palette from appearing every time I launch Mathematica? Is there some command that I can put into my package?

Answer 1

The answer is to set

Notation`AutoLoadNotationPalette = False

prior to loading Notation`, e.g.

Notation`AutoLoadNotationPalette = False
(* .... *)
Needs["Notation`"]

or

Notation`AutoLoadNotationPalette = False
(* .... *)
BeginPackage["MyPackage`", {"Notation`"}]

Answer 2

I recommend using Block:

Block[{Notation`AutoLoadNotationPalette = False},
  Needs["Notation`"]
]

Or:

Block[{Notation`AutoLoadNotationPalette = False},
  BeginPackage["MyPackage`", {"Notation`"}]
]

This way you do not prevent the palette from displaying when the user calls << Notation`, which could be aggravating.