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Emacs tip-of-the-day
(defun totd ()
(interactive)
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Tip of the day*"
(let* ((commands (loop for s being the symbols
when (commandp s) collect s))
(command (nth (random (length commands)) commands)))
(princ
(concat "Your tip for the day is:\n"
"========================\n\n"
(describe-function command)
"\n\nInvoke with:\n\n"
(with-temp-buffer
(where-is command t)
(buffer-string)))))))
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Can't remember where I came across this, but it's a wonderful thing.

@kmdouglass
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I changed loop to cl-loop in Emacs 26.1 to make this work.

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