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authorNick Roberts <[email protected]>2005-05-07 22:56:34 +0000
committerNick Roberts <[email protected]>2005-05-07 22:56:34 +0000
commit6f58eedebb87cd675f3870a6b5522d58c7893db6 (patch)
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parentc2332b4ffbeac61a61ca5df153d64daea0620794 (diff)
(Tooltips): Describe help tooltips and GUD tooltips
as different animals.
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@@ -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