From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gtk version getting closer Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:44:15 -0800 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <15829.38111.76000.907809@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <200211071936.gA7JaBMU001860@stubby.bodenonline.com> <20021115173316.GA12928@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037408574 24995 80.91.224.249 (16 Nov 2002 01:02:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18CrML-0006V0-00 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 02:02:53 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18CrZS-0007Mt-00 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 02:16:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18CrKX-00008F-00; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:01:01 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18Cr74-0004gd-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18Cr70-0004eA-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from kiruna.synopsys.com ([204.176.20.18]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Cr4L-0003d5-00; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:44:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mother.synopsys.com (mother.synopsys.com [146.225.100.171]) by kiruna.synopsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C66FF27; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:44:16 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from DMASTER-LAP.synopsys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mother.synopsys.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA20556; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:43:18 -0800 (PST) Original-To: Jason Rumney In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.03 under Emacs 21.1.1 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9470 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9470 >>>>> Jason Rumney writes: > David Masterson writes: >> The MS-Windows users, for instance, might prefer a "What's this?" >> command to have the tooltip only popup when requested > This does not seem to be a universal thing on MS-Windows. I had to > look very hard to find a program that had this feature, and that > program did not have a menu bar (just a dialog interface). The > "What's this?" command seems to be in addition to tooltips in that > case, and gives a 5 - 10 line pop-up that looks more like what C-h k > would produce. I agree. The general idea is good. The MS implementation is incomplete and, therefore, not good. -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA