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> >That's what the menus and the tooltips are supposed to accomplish, I
> >think.
>
> Yes, and they are what enable me to use XEmacs at all! The price of entry
> would otherwise be too high.

So should we implement generic tooltips - rather than just for the toolbar?
I can see this as a very powerful feature if somebody put in the time to
write helpful text for various parts of the editor.

andy