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Re: Elisp manual omission?


From: Luc Teirlinck
Subject: Re: Elisp manual omission?
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:01:13 -0500 (CDT)

Richard Stallman wrote:

   The place to document tooltip-mode, if we want to document it,
   is the Emacs manual. 

It is already docuemnted there, in `(emacs)Tooltips'.  However, the
following statement there is misleading:

     To use tooltips, enable Tooltip mode with the command `M-x
  tooltip-mode'.

When running under a window system, tooltips are enabled by default,
so one does not need to do anything to enable it and `M-x
tooltip-mode' normally _dis_ables it.  What about the following
small patch?  I can install if desired.

===File ~/frames.texi-diff==================================
*** frames.texi 17 Apr 2005 20:06:57 -0500      1.80
--- frames.texi 23 Apr 2005 18:44:22 -0500      
***************
*** 973,982 ****
  menu items too.
  
  @findex tooltip-mode
!   To use tooltips, enable Tooltip mode with the command @kbd{M-x
! tooltip-mode}.  The customization group @code{tooltip} controls
! various aspects of how tooltips work.  When Tooltip mode is disabled,
! the help text is displayed in the echo area instead.
  
  @vindex tooltip-delay
    The variables @code{tooltip-delay} specifies how long Emacs should
--- 973,982 ----
  menu items too.
  
  @findex tooltip-mode
!   You can toggle Tooltip mode with the command @kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}.
! The customization group @code{tooltip} controls various aspects of how
! tooltips work.  When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text is
! displayed in the echo area instead.
  
  @vindex tooltip-delay
    The variables @code{tooltip-delay} specifies how long Emacs should
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