;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay.
(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
- "Toggle Tooltip display.
-With ARG, turn tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
+ "Toggle Tooltip mode.
+With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
-in a pop-up window on mouse-over. When it is disabled,
-Emacs displays the help text in the echo area instead."
+in a pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse on.
+\(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
+all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
+
+When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
+the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
:global t
:init-value (not (or noninteractive
emacs-basic-display
:group 'basic-faces)
(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
- "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips."
+ "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
+To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
+and enable `tooltip-mode'."
:type 'boolean
:group 'tooltip)