Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Masatake YAMATO <jet@gyve.org> writes:

  > > Here's a little patch that adds a tooltip to the VC entry on the
  > > mode line and it also makes mouse-1 on that entry to pop up the VC
  > > operations menu.
  > > 
  > > It would be good if people would try it and say if it useful based on
  > > _actual usage experience_, not just speculation. After that we can
  > > change the text for the tooltip, add more mouse bindings or even
  > > decide not to install the whole thing. 
  > 
  > Looks good. Now I can hide the menu bar:-P.
  > 
  >     @@ -291,7 +303,10 @@
  > 	     'mode-line-buffer-identification
  > 	     (propertize "   " 'help-echo help-echo)
  > 	     'mode-line-position
  >     -	 '(vc-mode vc-mode)
  >     +	 (list 
  >     +	  `(:propertize ("" vc-mode) help-echo "Version Control mouse-1: VC menu"
  >     +			mouse-face mode-line-highlight 
  >     +			local-map ,mode-line-vc-mode-keymap))
  > 	     (propertize "  " 'help-echo help-echo)
  > 	     'mode-line-modes
  > 	     `(which-func-mode ("" which-func-format ,dashes))
  > 
  > I think this should be done in `vc-mode-line'.
  > Look at `vc-default-mode-line-string'.
  > Telling the meaning of `:' or `-' in the tooltip string may help users.

Can you please OK a change along these lines? All the comments on
adding this feature were positive.