From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tooltip feature Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20200926163008.GS1349@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20825"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Jean Louis , Richard Stallman , jamtlu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 27 18:08:54 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kMZEM-0005MH-NM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:08:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51720 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kMZEL-0001yE-PP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:08:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59110) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kMZ6Z-0003mA-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:64584) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kMZ6U-0007pn-4Z; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:51 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id ABCB5440AEE; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:41 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 78D414408B6; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:40 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1601222440; bh=Zq1Pl6hAa7/mkydn4+7TbwlDzJTdhbhyzftVlQZT3Ew=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=VwyfGI00027GoN7VJ5ZAztiREfBrkxkI1lr1Y3MQ3lta9+ZWUU7u5KrfrLFzX/la3 K4q5TLBAMlb5kKP5Rf3QD985fewo8OrcFPg6/GkCi8KICSqGhRzORFyUc16ooE0mko NJkqm1O6bVcBriSokUElhyxU+Zfqf14tI1Me5NcbDMaqYn/HtZ4jsPqSPhVrmhkj+h RCn28sxDhA2Eavr/Ld1JRpSfBPm6hV19CIfvEnXfD5UJZfaZwmEHNc23ChIE7wTwJd LlrSzs9e2/ZK2P3WaybpgIo3LpEBoenWOalZFd7OKOXUfwv0IqXhEXQd/xRj9idgbX 5aHnCBNN1ezkA== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.72.232.131]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3EA15120795; Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:40 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Arthur Miller's message of "Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:42:04 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/27 11:46:31 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256544 Archived-At: > Considering a tool-tip is just a small pop-up frame you could have it > with a character in a tooltip corner which could act as a "sticky > button" to press with mouse, and there could be a keyboard shortcut user > can press when a tooltip have a focus. In case this is not a option, an alternative would be to provide a command which will catch the content of the next tooltip (and e.g. put it into the kill-ring). Stefan