From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: I'd like Emacs to display a big (but short) "pop up" text Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 05:20:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9efa4956-284e-4846-8602-1782b52874e8@default> References: <87o9rqlkm4.fsf@jane> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502194899 29160 195.159.176.226 (8 Aug 2017 12:21:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 12:21:39 +0000 (UTC) To: Marcin Borkowski , Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 08 14:21:33 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 1df3Vt-00078X-3j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:21:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42376 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1df3Vw-0002Qk-1k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1df3VR-0002QD-GW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1df3VO-00053x-CI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:21:05 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:51833) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1df3VO-00052D-1f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id v78CKwS7027524 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 8 Aug 2017 12:20:59 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v78CKvaH008444 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 8 Aug 2017 12:20:58 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0018.oracle.com (abhmp0018.oracle.com [141.146.116.24]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id v78CKus5000396; Tue, 8 Aug 2017 12:20:56 GMT In-Reply-To: <87o9rqlkm4.fsf@jane> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6774.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 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:113960 Archived-At: > 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. I created =E2=80=98showkey.el=E2=80=99 for just this. It shows keys and ot= her events as you use them. You can tailor the behavior to ignore given event types for display. There are 2 ways to show keys: * =E2=80=98showkey-tooltip-mode=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93 Show only the last key u= sed, in a tooltip. Refreshed with each such event. * =E2=80=98showkey-log-mode=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93 Show a log of such events, i= n a separate frame. Refreshed with each new event. On top of other frames, without stealing focus. Description: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ShowKey Code: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/showkey.el (or MELPA)