From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: I'd like Emacs to display a big (but short) "pop up" text Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 07:00:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87o9rqlkm4.fsf@jane> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502168490 18760 195.159.176.226 (8 Aug 2017 05:01:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 05:01:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 26.0.50 To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 08 07:01:17 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dewdo-0004G2-D9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 07:01:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40765 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dewdu-0004Ns-QJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:01:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dewdE-0004K2-8G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:00:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dewd9-00048O-9q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:00:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:46072) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dewd8-00047n-TY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:00:35 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E26F0E6B46 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2017 07:00:33 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id j-o95K71GAua for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2017 07:00:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (static-dwadziewiec-jedenpiec7.echostar.pl [109.232.29.157]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C1BBAE6213 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2017 07:00:23 +0200 (CEST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113956 Archived-At: Hi all, I'd like to display a "pop up"/"tip", i.e., a short text (a few characters). The thing is, I want it to be visible: large font, preferably centered on the screen. My use case is demoing Emacs, and before showing the effects of e.g. C-x 2, I'd like to show a big-lettered "C-x 2" on the screen. It would be nice to use something like the blocks in M-x tetris to build the letters, or anything else that would clearly show "C-x 2" or whatever keychord I'm showing. Any ideas? -- Marcin Borkowski