From 6f58eedebb87cd675f3870a6b5522d58c7893db6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Roberts Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 22:56:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Tooltips): Describe help tooltips and GUD tooltips as different animals. --- man/frames.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi index 22ea29a1de1..139560af30e 100644 --- a/man/frames.texi +++ b/man/frames.texi @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ so that you can use many of the features described in this chapter. * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar. * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar. * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes. -* Tooltips:: Showing "tooltips", AKA "balloon help" for active text. +* Tooltips:: Displaying information at the current mouse position. * Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way. * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one. * XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator. @@ -969,19 +969,25 @@ value. If Emacs is built with a Gtk+ version that has only one file dialog, the setting of this variable has no effect. @node Tooltips -@section Tooltips (or ``Balloon Help'') +@section Tooltips -@cindex balloon help - Tooltips are small X windows displaying a help string at the current -mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which -can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is -sometimes known as @dfn{balloon help}.) Help text may be available for -menu items too. + Tooltips are small windows that display text information at the +current mouse position. They activate when there is a pause in mouse +movement. + +There are two types of tooltip: help tooltips and GUD tooltips. + +Help tooltips typically display over text--including the mode +line--but may be also available for many other parts of the Emacs +frame such as the toolbar and menu items. @findex tooltip-mode - You can toggle Tooltip mode with the command @kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}. -When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text is displayed in the echo -area instead. + You can toggle help tooltips (Tooltip mode) with the command +@kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}. When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text +is displayed in the echo area instead. + +GUD tooltips are useful when you are debugging a +program. @xref{Debugger Operation}. @vindex tooltip-delay The variables @code{tooltip-delay} specifies how long Emacs should -- 2.39.2