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| author | Daniel Fleischer <danflscr@gmail.com> | 2021-12-01 19:15:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> | 2021-12-06 14:59:35 +0100 |
| commit | 63c8a6066a203d872df89338c86a9fea34c36141 (patch) | |
| tree | 30849596ab07975a6e938ed9cc8a412b6633e0e8 | |
| parent | 2e8d1ad0f206b3e1a8bd10f9def6679be5b4c086 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-63c8a6066a203d872df89338c86a9fea34c36141.tar.gz | |
Add package management to tutorial and startup screen
* etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Add section about package installation.
* lisp/startup.el (fancy-startup-tail): Add button for
package-list-packages.
This was discussed in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2021-12/msg00079.html
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/startup.el | 10 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL index dcdb61f23ec..d7a298ed58a 100644 --- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL +++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL @@ -1099,6 +1099,20 @@ manual in the node called "Dired". The manual also describes many other Emacs features. +* INSTALLING PACKAGES +--------------------- + +Emacs has a rich set of packages written by the community, which +extends Emacs' capabilities. These features include support for new +languages, additional themes, plugins for integrating with external +applications and much much more. + +To see a list of all available packages, type M-x list-packages. In +this mode, you can install or uninstall packages, as well as read +packages' descriptions. For more information about package +management, consult the manual. + + * CONCLUSION ------------ diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el index e5e6b07b4d4..3ac7532053d 100644 --- a/lisp/startup.el +++ b/lisp/startup.el @@ -1840,18 +1840,22 @@ a face or button specification." (unless concise (fancy-splash-insert :face 'variable-pitch - "\nTo start... " + "\nTo start...\t" :link `("Open a File" ,(lambda (_button) (call-interactively 'find-file)) "Specify a new file's name, to edit the file") - " " + "\t\t" :link `("Open Home Directory" ,(lambda (_button) (dired "~")) "Open your home directory, to operate on its files") - " " + "\n\t" :link `("Customize Startup" ,(lambda (_button) (customize-group 'initialization)) "Change initialization settings including this screen") + "\t" + :link `("Explore Packages" + ,(lambda (_button) (call-interactively 'package-list-packages)) + "Explore, install and remove Emacs packages (requires Internet connection)") "\n")) (fancy-splash-insert :face 'variable-pitch "To quit a partially entered command, type " |