Re: Elisp manual omission?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Nick Roberts <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:29:17 +1200
> 
> 
>  - Command: delete-frame &optional frame force
>      This function deletes the frame FRAME.  Unless FRAME is a tooltip,
>      it first runs the hook `delete-frame-functions' (each function
> 
> So a tooltip is a frame.

Yes.  You will see that tooltip.el defines tooltip-frame-parameters.

> I wanted to find out more but there nothing much about them. I
> expected to find a section in 'Emacs Display'.

There isn't much to say, really.  Tooltips are frames that are handled
a bit specially by the display engine (no decorations etc.), but they
are otherwise just like any other frame.

> Is this a deliberate omission?

No idea.