From b38189355bab7921b9e9c17c4e6f1b936cc4dffc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Helmig <nathanhelmig@pop-os.attlocal.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 18:33:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: adds some friendly tips describing things about hilbish
 like features, documentation, etc.

---
 CHANGELOG.md         |  3 +++
 nature/opts/init.lua |  3 ++-
 nature/opts/tips.lua | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 nature/opts/tips.lua

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0f00a0..7973455 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [2.3.0] - 2024-07-20
 ### Added
+- `nature.opts.tips` was added to randomly generate tips on start up.
+Follows the pattern of motd and greeting. Displays after greeting on start up.
+### Added
 - `commander.registry` function to get all registered commanders.
 - `fs.pipe` function to get a pair of connected files (a pipe).
 - Added an alternative 2nd parameter to `hilbish.run`, which is `streams`.
diff --git a/nature/opts/init.lua b/nature/opts/init.lua
index 474ea3b..d55864f 100644
--- a/nature/opts/init.lua
+++ b/nature/opts/init.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ The nice lil shell for {blue}Lua{reset} fanatics!
 	motd = true,
 	fuzzy = false,
 	notifyJobFinish = true,
-	crimmas = true
+	crimmas = true,
+	tips = true
 }
 
 for optsName, default in pairs(defaultOpts) do
diff --git a/nature/opts/tips.lua b/nature/opts/tips.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e835fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nature/opts/tips.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+local bait = require 'bait'
+local lunacolors = require 'lunacolors'
+
+PREAMBLE = [[
+Getting Started: https://rosettea.github.io/Hilbish/docs/getting-started/
+Documentation: https://rosettea.github.io/Hilbish/
+Github: https://github.com/Rosettea/Hilbish
+]]
+
+hilbish.tips = {
+	"Join the discord and say hi! -> https://discord.gg/3PDdcQz",
+	"{green}hilbish.alias{reset} -> Sets an alias to another cmd",
+	"{green}hilbish.appendPath{reset} -> Appends the provided dir to the command path ($PATH)",
+	"{green}hilbish.appendPath{reset} -> Appends the provided dir to the command path ($PATH)",
+	[[
+	Add Lua-written commands with the commander module! 
+	Checkout the docs here -> https://rosettea.github.io/Hilbish/docs/api/commander/
+	]]
+}
+
+bait.catch('hilbish.init', function()
+	if hilbish.interactive and hilbish.opts.tip then
+		local idx = math.random(1, #hilbish.tips)
+		print(lunacolors.format(PREAMBLE .. "\nTip: " .. hilbish.tips[idx]))
+	end
+end)