From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tooltip-mode docstring Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:08:27 +1300 Message-ID: <17347.20315.525916.315598@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <200601100321.k0A3Lew19957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <17347.11883.424247.69329@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200601100358.k0A3wBf20340@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136873404 7133 80.91.229.2 (10 Jan 2006 06:10:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:10:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 10 07:10:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwChg-0002J5-KS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:09:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwCje-0001Of-8y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:11:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EwCiw-00013q-Uh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:11:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EwCiv-00012o-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:11:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwCir-00012N-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:11:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EwClG-0000l7-LE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:13:38 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p72-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.72]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A2E73A87F; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:09:05 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2519E8475; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:08:27 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200601100358.k0A3wBf20340@raven.dms.auburn.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.3.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:48900 Archived-At: > A tooltip is, by definition, a window that pops up on mouse-over (it's > called balloon help in the manual). > > This assumes that the reader knows this. I think it's reasonable to start with certain assumptions. It's a doc string, not a primer (or legal document). tool-bar-mode doesn't explain what a tool bar is, menu-bar-mode what a menu-bar is... Nick