starting the tour from the menu works now

JavaScript makes me fond of this phrase:

  When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.

IPython/html/static/notebook/js/main.js

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 // which make both this file fail at setting marked configuration, and textcell.js
 // which search marked into global.
 require(['components/marked/lib/marked',
-         'widgets/js/init'],
+         'widgets/js/init',
+         'components/bootstrap-tour/build/js/bootstrap-tour'],
 
 function (marked) {
     "use strict";
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ function (marked) {
     IPython.layout_manager = new IPython.LayoutManager();
     IPython.pager = new IPython.Pager('div#pager', 'div#pager_splitter');
     IPython.quick_help = new IPython.QuickHelp();
+    IPython.tour = new IPython.NotebookTour();
     IPython.login_widget = new IPython.LoginWidget('span#login_widget', opts);
     IPython.notebook = new IPython.Notebook('div#notebook', opts);
     IPython.keyboard_manager = new IPython.KeyboardManager();

IPython/html/static/notebook/js/menubar.js

@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             IPython.notebook.restart_kernel();
         });
         // Help
+        this.element.find('#notebook_tour').click(function () {
+            IPython.tour.start();
+        });
         this.element.find('#keyboard_shortcuts').click(function () {
             IPython.quick_help.show_keyboard_shortcuts();
         });

IPython/html/static/notebook/js/tour.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // Tour of IPython Notebok UI (with Bootstrap Tour)
 //============================================================================
 
-var step_duration = 5000;
 var tour_steps = [
   { 
     element: $("#ipython_notebook").parent(),
@@ -93,22 +92,37 @@ var tour_steps = [
   }
 ];
 
-tour_steps[0].content = "This tour will take " + step_duration * tour_steps.length / 1000 + " seconds";
+IPython = (function (IPython) {
+ "use strict";
 
-var tour = new Tour({
-    //orphan: true,
-    storage: false, // start tour from beginning every time
-    //element: $("#ipython_notebook"),
-    debug: true,
-    reflex: true, // click on element to continue tour
-    //backdrop: true, // show dark behind popover
-    animation: false,
-    duration: step_duration,
-    onStart: function() { console.log('tour started'); },
-    steps: tour_steps,
-});
-// Initialize the tour
-tour.init();
+    
+    var NotebookTour = function () {
+        this.step_duration = 5000;
+        this.tour_steps = tour_steps ;
+        this.tour_steps[0].content = "This tour will take " + step_duration * tour_steps.length / 1000 + " seconds";
+        this.tour = new Tour({
+            //orphan: true,
+            storage: false, // start tour from beginning every time
+            //element: $("#ipython_notebook"),
+            debug: true,
+            reflex: true, // click on element to continue tour
+            //backdrop: true, // show dark behind popover
+            animation: false,
+            duration: this.step_duration,
+            onStart: function() { console.log('tour started'); },
+            steps: this.tour_steps,
+        });
+    };
 
-// Start the tour
-tour.start();
+    NotebookTour.prototype.start = function () {
+        console.log("let's start the tour");
+        this.tour.init();
+        this.tour.start();
+    };
+
+    // Set module variables
+    IPython.NotebookTour = NotebookTour;
+
+    return IPython;
+
+}(IPython));