From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 23:09:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Help Echo): By default, help echos are only shown on mouse-over, not X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~6014 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=43d0ed81be9eb704d29444dd9c8acbbf2bd3cfaa;p=emacs.git (Help Echo): By default, help echos are only shown on mouse-over, not on point-over. --- diff --git a/man/help.texi b/man/help.texi index 8ecc610c66c..233d3c24b00 100644 --- a/man/help.texi +++ b/man/help.texi @@ -613,8 +613,10 @@ Emacs (@code{describe-no-warranty}). the mouse or a key like @kbd{RET}, it often has associated help text. Areas of the mode line are examples. On most window systems, the help text is displayed as a ``tooltip'' (sometimes known as ``balloon -help''). @xref{Tooltips}. Otherwise, it is shown in the echo area -when you move point into the active text. +help''), when you move the mouse over the active text. @xref{Tooltips}. +On some systems, it is shown in the echo area. On text-only +terminals, Emacs may not be able to follow the mouse and hence will +not show the help text on mouse-over. @kindex C-h . @findex display-local-help