From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: help-echo in Custom Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:32:29 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200308141932.h7EJWTu28065@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200308141646.h7EGku827416@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200308141725.h7EHPS127484@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200308141814.h7EIEgm27566@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200308141900.h7EJ0Kg27867@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060889824 19550 80.91.224.253 (14 Aug 2003 19:37:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:37:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: abraham@dina.kvl.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 14 21:37:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19nNuA-0008W9-00 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:37:02 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19nNuq-000186-00 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:37:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19nNss-0004vF-2N for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:35:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19nNsl-0004nO-Uq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19nNrr-00027f-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:35:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19nNrf-0001VW-2L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:34:27 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7EJYMeQ017020; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:34:22 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id h7EJWTu28065; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:32:29 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: <200308141900.h7EJ0Kg27867@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:00:20 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:15957 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15957 `:help-echo' Specifies how to display a message whenever you move to the widget with either `widget-forward' or `widget-backward' or move the mouse over it (using the standard `help-echo' mechanism). The argument is either a string to display or a function of one argument, the widget, which should return a string to display. This strictly speaking means that the fact that forms which evaluate to strings do not work, is actually _not_ a bug after all. But such help-echo's _are_ going to be shown on mouse-over regardless. So why not make them admissible values for widget help-echo's anyway and make and S- show them too by putting in those two eval's ? Sincerely, Luc.