From: "Stephan Stahl" <stahl@eos.franken.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: show_help_echo truncates unconditionally
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:44:57 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1058.212.114.230.60.1112111097.squirrel@wwws.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wtrq607j.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
Hi Stefan.
Stefan Monnier said:
> I'd rather find a way to get the best of both worlds without
> a config variable.
> E.g. using scrolling in the single-line minibuffer, or by only truncating
> for the first few seconds and then expanding the echo area if you stay on
> the same help-echo spot long enough.
I like (setq show-help-function nil) because it shows the info
instantaneously. So waiting a few seconds would reduce this feature just
like tooltips.
Besides is it always possible to know for how long one requests the help
echo? E.G. Does C-h . use show-help-message?
Stephan
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Stephan Stahl
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-29 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-29 6:25 show_help_echo truncates unconditionally Stephan Stahl
2005-03-29 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-03-29 15:44 ` Stephan Stahl [this message]
2005-03-30 0:03 ` Richard Stallman
2005-03-30 9:24 ` Stephan Stahl
2005-03-31 18:21 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-01 7:39 ` Stephan Stahl
2005-04-02 4:19 ` Richard Stallman
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