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-rw-r--r--lisp/startup.el50
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index eb8bbc94b5c..d294313da5f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
2007-09-22 Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
+ * startup.el (fancy-startup-text, fancy-about-text, fancy-startup-tail):
+ Add help-echo to external links and to links without description.
+ (fancy-splash-insert): Use help-echo from the 3rd element of the
+ link specification list, or "Follow this link" if it's nil. Doc fix.
+
+2007-09-22 Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
+
* startup.el (command-line): Rename `inhibit-startup-message' to
`inhibit-startup-screen'.
(fancy-about-text): Use shorter label for "Ordering Manuals".
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index e575a0aeb11..7bf5400345e 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1157,13 +1157,18 @@ regardless of the value of this variable."
(defvar fancy-startup-text
'((:face (variable-pitch :foreground "red")
"Welcome to "
- :link ("GNU Emacs" (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/")))
+ :link ("GNU Emacs"
+ (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/"))
+ "Browse http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/")
", one component of the "
:link
(lambda ()
(if (eq system-type 'gnu/linux)
- '("GNU/Linux" (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html")))
- '("GNU" (lambda (button) (describe-project)))))
+ '("GNU/Linux"
+ (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"))
+ "Browse http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html")
+ '("GNU" (lambda (button) (describe-project))
+ "Display info on the GNU project")))
" operating system.\n"
:face variable-pitch "To quit a partially entered command, type "
:face default "Control-g"
@@ -1189,7 +1194,8 @@ regardless of the value of this variable."
"\n"
:face variable-pitch
:link ("Emacs Guided Tour"
- (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/")))
+ (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/"))
+ "Browse http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/")
"\tOverview of Emacs features\n"
:link ("View Emacs Manual" (lambda (button) (info-emacs-manual)))
"\tView the Emacs manual using Info\n"
@@ -1210,13 +1216,18 @@ Each element in the list should be a list of strings or pairs
(defvar fancy-about-text
'((:face (variable-pitch :foreground "red")
"This is "
- :link ("GNU Emacs" (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/")))
+ :link ("GNU Emacs"
+ (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/"))
+ "Browse http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/")
", one component of the "
:link
(lambda ()
(if (eq system-type 'gnu/linux)
- '("GNU/Linux" (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html")))
- '("GNU" (lambda (button) (describe-project)))))
+ '("GNU/Linux"
+ (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"))
+ "Browse http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html")
+ '("GNU" (lambda (button) (describe-project))
+ "Display info on the GNU project.")))
" operating system.\n"
:face (lambda ()
(list 'variable-pitch :foreground
@@ -1274,7 +1285,8 @@ Each element in the list should be a list of strings or pairs
(concat " (" title ")"))))
"\n"
:link ("Emacs Guided Tour"
- (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/")))
+ (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/"))
+ "Browse http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/")
"\tSee an overview of the many facilities of GNU Emacs"
))
"A list of texts to show in the middle part of the About screen.
@@ -1314,10 +1326,10 @@ Arguments from ARGS should be either strings; functions called
with no args that return a string; pairs `:face FACE', where FACE
is a face specification usable with `put-text-property'; or pairs
`:link LINK' where LINK is a list of arguments to pass to
-`insert-button', of the form (LABEL ACTION), which specifies the
-button's label and `action' property. FACE and LINK can also be
-functions, which are evaluated to obtain a face or button
-specification."
+`insert-button', of the form (LABEL ACTION [HELP-ECHO]), which
+specifies the button's label, `action' property and help-echo string.
+FACE and LINK can also be functions, which are evaluated to obtain
+a face or button specification."
(let ((current-face nil))
(while args
(cond ((eq (car args) :face)
@@ -1332,6 +1344,9 @@ specification."
(insert-button (car spec)
'face (list 'link current-face)
'action (cadr spec)
+ 'help-echo (concat "mouse-2, RET: "
+ (or (nth 2 spec)
+ "Follow this link"))
'follow-link t)))
(t (insert (propertize (let ((it (car args)))
(if (functionp it)
@@ -1371,7 +1386,7 @@ specification."
;; Insert the image with a help-echo and a link.
(make-button (prog1 (point) (insert-image img)) (point)
'face 'default
- 'help-echo "mouse-2: browse http://www.gnu.org/"
+ 'help-echo "mouse-2, RET: Browse http://www.gnu.org/"
'action (lambda (button) (browse-url "http://www.gnu.org/"))
'follow-link t)
(insert "\n\n")))))
@@ -1385,13 +1400,16 @@ specification."
:face 'variable-pitch
"\nTo start... "
:link '("Open a File"
- (lambda (button) (call-interactively 'find-file)))
+ (lambda (button) (call-interactively 'find-file))
+ "Specify a new file's name, to edit the file")
" "
:link '("Open Home Directory"
- (lambda (button) (dired "~")))
+ (lambda (button) (dired "~"))
+ "Open your home directory, to operate on its files")
" "
:link '("Customize Startup"
- (lambda (button) (customize-group 'initialization)))
+ (lambda (button) (customize-group 'initialization))
+ "Change initialization settings including this screen")
"\n"))
(fancy-splash-insert :face `(variable-pitch :foreground ,fg)
"\nThis is "