Add a fortune-message command

* lisp/play/fortune.el (fortune-message): Add a command to
display fortunes in the echo area (bug#14915).

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 679532b89c7..18810eabf2c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1750,6 +1750,10 @@ details.
 It should be placed right where the docstring would be, and FORM is then
 evaluated (and should return a string) when the closure is built.
 
+---
+** The new command `fortune-message' has been added, which displays
+fortunes in the echo area.
+
 +++
 ** define-inline provides a new way to define inlinable functions.
 
diff --git a/lisp/play/fortune.el b/lisp/play/fortune.el
index 25fa3f66ef1..4871c459023 100644
--- a/lisp/play/fortune.el
+++ b/lisp/play/fortune.el
@@ -303,6 +303,19 @@ specifies the file to choose the fortune from."
                          fortune-program-options) (list fort-file)))))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
+(defun fortune-message (&optional file)
+  "Display a fortune cookie to the mini-buffer.
+If called with a prefix, it has the same behavior as `fortune'.
+Optional FILE is a fortune file from which a cookie will be selected."
+  (interactive (list (if current-prefix-arg
+                         (fortune-ask-file)
+                       fortune-file)))
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (let ((fortune-buffer-name (current-buffer)))
+      (fortune-in-buffer t file)
+      (message "%s" (buffer-string)))))
+
+;;;###autoload
 (defun fortune (&optional file)
   "Display a fortune cookie.
 If called with a prefix asks for the FILE to choose the fortune from,