add my-help button and change scratch buffer to fundamental-mode

settings/general-settings.el

@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ with a drive letter and a colon."))
 
 ;; don't show the startup screen
 (setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
+(use-package startup
+  :defer t
+  :init
+  (setq initial-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)
+  (setq initial-scratch-message "# This buffer is for text that is not saved.
+
+"))
+
 
 ;; each line of text gets one line on the screen (i.e., text will run
 ;; off the right instead of wrapping around onto a new line)
@@ -761,7 +769,8 @@ Version 2016-07-13"
   
   (easy-menu-add-item nil () my-menu              ;; add empty my menu to menu-bar
                       ;; "Edit"                   ;; before Edit
-                      )
+                      )  
+  (easy-menu-add-item nil '("My") '["Help" my-help :help "my-help"])
   (easy-menu-add-item nil '("My") my-major-menu)  ;; add submenu to my menu
   (easy-menu-add-item nil '("My") my-lang-menu)
   (easy-menu-add-item nil '("My") my-minor-menu)