using the mouse.\n\n"
:face (variable-pitch :weight bold)
"Important Help menu items:\n"
- :face variable-pitch "\
-Emacs Tutorial\tLearn-by-doing tutorial for using Emacs efficiently
+ :face variable-pitch
+ (lambda ()
+ (let* ((en "TUTORIAL")
+ (tut (or (get-language-info current-language-environment
+ 'tutorial)
+ en))
+ (title (with-temp-buffer
+ (insert-file-contents
+ (expand-file-name tut data-directory)
+ nil 0 256)
+ (search-forward ".")
+ (buffer-substring (point-min) (1- (point))))))
+ ;; If there is a specific tutorial for the current language
+ ;; environment and it is not English, append its title.
+ (concat
+ "Emacs Tutorial\tLearn how to use Emacs efficiently"
+ (if (string= en tut)
+ ""
+ (concat " (" title ")"))
+ "\n")))
+ :face variable-pitch "\
Emacs FAQ\tFrequently asked questions and answers
Read the Emacs Manual\tView the Emacs manual using Info
\(Non)Warranty\tGNU Emacs comes with "
(defun fancy-splash-insert (&rest args)
"Insert text into the current buffer, with faces.
-Arguments from ARGS should be either strings or pairs `:face FACE',
+Arguments from ARGS should be either strings, functions called
+with no args that return a string, or pairs `:face FACE',
where FACE is a valid face specification, as it can be used with
`put-text-properties'."
(let ((current-face nil))
(while args
(if (eq (car args) :face)
(setq args (cdr args) current-face (car args))
- (insert (propertize (car args)
+ (insert (propertize (let ((it (car args)))
+ (if (functionp it)
+ (funcall it)
+ it))
'face current-face
'help-echo fancy-splash-help-echo)))
(setq args (cdr args)))))