From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <18932.16293.813561.158162@totara.tehura.co.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240815963 19066 80.91.229.12 (27 Apr 2009 07:06:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:06:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: nickrob@snap.net.nz (Nick Roberts) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 27 09:07:21 2009 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LyI2X-00034P-Sh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:01:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35620 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LyI18-0004EH-6p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LyI11-0004EB-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LyI0x-0004DT-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51582 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LyI0x-0004DQ-8h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:15175 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LyI0w-0000NY-UL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:19 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhwFAJ/K9ElFxLKx/2dsb2JhbACBUMhrg3QFhTE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,252,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="37631349" Original-Received: from 69-196-178-177.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.178.177]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 27 Apr 2009 00:00:17 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 11BFF7F10; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:18 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <18932.16293.813561.158162@totara.tehura.co.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:05 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:110474 Archived-At: > For Emacs in CVS, tooltip-mode is enabled by default for text-only terminals. Actually I think it should be enabled by default regardless of anything, simply because it should indicate "are tooltips popups going to be shown" but rather "should tooltips popups be shown when possible". > I think this is wrong because, in the Linux console with gpm, every time the > mouse moves over a region with a help-echo property, in the mini-buffer, you > get the error message: > Error while displaying tooltip: (error Non-X frame used) > before the help text appears. Looks like an error in the tooltip code where it should check applicability before trying to create a tooltip frame. Stefan