From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tooltip-mode docstring Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:37:03 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200601101537.k0AFb2c28332@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200601100321.k0A3Lew19957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <17347.11883.424247.69329@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200601100358.k0A3wBf20340@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <17347.20315.525916.315598@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136914354 15946 80.91.229.2 (10 Jan 2006 17:32:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:32:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 10 18:32:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwNLl-0006rC-I6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:32:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwNNk-0000Lb-FC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:34:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EwLfP-0000mg-56 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:44:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EwLfM-0000lS-1y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:44:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwLd7-00007V-5f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:41:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EwLfa-0000NE-HT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:44:22 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0AFdiJI004987; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:39:44 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id k0AFb2c28332; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:37:03 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: nickrob@snap.net.nz In-reply-to: <17347.20315.525916.315598@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:08:27 +1300) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:39:44 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:48907 Archived-At: Nick Roberts wrote: I think it's reasonable to start with certain assumptions. It's a doc string, not a primer (or legal document). tool-bar-mode doesn't explain what a tool bar is, menu-bar-mode what a menu-bar is... "Tooltip" is sometimes misunderstood to mean the help message instead of the window showing that message. The purpose of my proposed doc fix is to prevent that confusion. Sincerely, Luc.