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   1 ;;; notes-first.el --- Setup notes-mode before first use
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 2000-2006,2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Author: <johnh@isi.edu>.
   6
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  21
  22 ;;; Commentary:
  23
  24 ;;
  25
  26 ;;; Code:
  27
  28 (defvar notes-first-perl5-binary "perl"
  29   "Location of the perl binary to invoke notesinit (must be perl v5).")
  30
  31 (defun notes-first-use-init ()
  32   "Set up notes mode for the first time for a new user."
  33   ;; note that we CAN'T assume the contents of notes-variables is loaded.
  34   (if (y-or-n-p "Setup notes-mode with defaults? ")
  35       (notes-first-run-notes-init)
  36     (error (concat "Please run " notes-utility-dir "/notesinit by hand in a shell to customize defaults."))))
  37
  38 ;; xxx: eventually we might do something more sophisticated here
  39 ;; (like asking the user questions directly).
  40 (defun notes-first-run-notes-init ()
  41   "Run notesinit with defaults."
  42   (let*
  43       ((notes-init-cmd (expand-file-name "notesinit" notes-utility-dir))
  44        (process-environment
  45         (cons (concat "NOTES_BIN_DIR=" (directory-file-name notes-utility-dir))
  46               process-environment)))
  47     (message (concat "Running \"" notes-first-perl5-binary notes-init-cmd "\" to set up notes-mode."))
  48     (call-process notes-first-perl5-binary nil nil nil notes-init-cmd "-D"))
  49   ;; ok, things are setup, but we want to lead the user to what to do next
  50   ;; => start up on today's note
  51   (message "Notes are now set up.  Run M-x notes-index-todays-link to start."))
  52
  53 (provide 'notes-first)
  54 ;;; notes-first.el ends here