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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Gtk version getting closer
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:33:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021115173316.GA12928@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ubs4q3i3n.fsf@synopsys.com>

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 08:36:44AM -0800, David Masterson wrote:
> > I like the current method, so I hope any change is completely
> > optional (and certainly I'd like to use a GTK toolkit version of
> > emacs).
> 
> Can you be a little more precise as to why you like the current
> method?

Because (1) I like having the tooltips, and (2) I don't find them annoying,
and (3) I _do_ find having to use an explicit command to get tooltips
annoying.

Note that (2) is something that depends a lot on the particular parameters
(popup delay etc): some programs (the enlightenment window manager is a good
example) have tooltips that drive me bonkers, but emacs seems to have done
things right.

> From another of your messages, my guess is that you don't use
> the menu directly, you just use it as documentation.

I `use them as documentation' in the sense that I use them to help me
remember rarely used commands (or commands with particularly wierd bindings).
Of course I don't look at the menu and then hit the key (that would be a bit
silly) -- I just select the menu entry.

The main difference I think is that I use the menus occasionally, rather
than for every command (which I've seen novice users do, even when I'm pretty
sure they know the key-binding; I guess they're just used to it).

> If so, then having the tooltips popup on their own makes sense.  However,
> if you were going to use the menu, I would think the tooltip popping up
> might get in the way.

It would be nice to have something besides conjecture.

Has anyone heard any complaints about menu tooltips being annoying?

> Obviously, you could turn off the tooltips all together, but having a
> "What's this?" command might be a little more flexible.

They seem orthogonal, actually...

-Miles
-- 
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra.  Suddenly it flips over,
pinning you underneath.  At night the ice weasels come.  --Nietzsche

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-15 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-07 19:39 Gtk version getting closer Jan D.
2002-11-08  0:08 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-11-08  9:21   ` jasonr
2002-11-08  9:56     ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-11-08 11:25       ` Kim F. Storm
2002-11-08 10:36         ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-11-09 14:27         ` Jan D.
2002-11-09 21:29   ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-09 11:53 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-09 14:16   ` Jan D.
2002-11-11 10:19     ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-09 15:05   ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-11-11 10:19     ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-11 18:36       ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-11-12  5:50         ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-12  7:24           ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-11-12 17:15             ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-13  4:40             ` Miles Bader
2002-11-13  5:42               ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-13 13:21                 ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-13 15:38                   ` Jan D.
2002-11-13 16:35                     ` Stefan Monnier
2002-11-13 17:58                       ` Jan D.
2002-11-14 18:57                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-14 20:07                       ` Jan D.
2002-11-14 20:28                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-14 23:03                       ` Jason Rumney
2002-11-15 15:59                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-13 15:55                   ` Kim F. Storm
2002-11-13 18:23                     ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-13 18:42                       ` Stefan Monnier
2002-11-13 21:15                         ` Jan D.
2002-11-13 18:58                       ` David Masterson
2002-11-13 16:52                   ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-11-14 12:16                   ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-14 16:46                     ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-15  2:20                       ` Miles Bader
2002-11-15 12:29                         ` Robert J. Chassell
     [not found]                         ` <m18EUbO-000IeAC@localhost>
2002-11-20 22:08                           ` Bold by moving pixels problem Miles Bader
2002-11-21  0:21                             ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-21  1:33                               ` Stefan Monnier
2002-11-21  1:44                                 ` Miles Bader
     [not found]                                   ` <m18HRR2-000IeBC@localhost>
2002-12-17  5:00                                     ` Miles Bader
2002-12-17  6:28                                       ` Miles Bader
2002-12-17  7:08                                         ` Miles Bader
2002-12-18 10:01                                           ` Miles Bader
2002-12-18 12:26                                             ` Kim F. Storm
2002-12-19  8:34                                               ` Miles Bader
2002-12-19 10:18                                                 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-19 12:18                                                 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-12-19 11:27                                                   ` Miles Bader
2002-12-19 12:25                                                     ` Miles Bader
2002-12-19 13:55                                                       ` Kim F. Storm
2003-01-07 11:02                                                       ` Kim F. Storm
2003-01-07 14:02                                                         ` Miles Bader
2003-01-09  7:28                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-09  7:52                                                           ` Miles Bader
2002-12-18 14:25                                             ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-12-19 10:15                                               ` signal handling bogosities Miles Bader
2002-12-20 17:12                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2002-12-20 17:46                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-12-20 18:35                                                   ` Alex Schroeder
2002-12-20 22:06                                                   ` Miles Bader
2002-12-21 20:26                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2002-12-21 23:42                                                       ` Alex Schroeder
2002-12-23 20:58                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2002-12-22  2:02                                                       ` Miles Bader
2002-12-22  2:27                                                   ` Miles Bader
2002-12-23 20:58                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2002-12-17 10:31                                       ` Bold by moving pixels problem Kim F. Storm
2002-12-17 16:38                                       ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-12-17 23:54                                         ` Miles Bader
2002-11-21  6:01                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-16  1:34                       ` Gtk version getting closer Richard Stallman
2002-11-14 12:16               ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-12 12:34           ` Jan D.
2002-11-12 17:21             ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-13 10:15               ` Jan D.
2002-11-14 12:16                 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-14 18:53                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-14 20:13                   ` Jan D.
2002-11-13 16:55             ` Jason Rumney
2002-11-14 17:25               ` Jan D.
2002-11-14  4:09             ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-14 17:49               ` Jan D.
2002-11-14 20:29                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-14 21:47                   ` Jan D.
2002-11-14 21:30                 ` David Masterson
2002-11-16  1:34                 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-16 16:11                   ` Jan D.
2002-11-13 11:32         ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-13 17:09         ` David Masterson
2002-11-14 17:31           ` Jan D.
2002-11-14 20:22             ` David Masterson
2002-11-16  1:34               ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-18  5:06                 ` David Masterson
2002-11-15  2:36           ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-15  4:04             ` Miles Bader
2002-11-15 16:36               ` David Masterson
2002-11-15 16:31                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-15 18:46                   ` David Masterson
2002-11-15 21:15                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-15 22:35                       ` David Masterson
2002-11-15 17:33                 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2002-11-15 18:55                   ` David Masterson
2002-11-15 23:18                     ` Jason Rumney
2002-11-16  0:44                       ` David Masterson
2002-11-15 19:03                   ` Stefan Monnier
2002-11-15 18:00                 ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-19 13:26                   ` Miles Bader
2002-11-20 21:13                   ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-20 21:56                     ` Jason Rumney
2002-11-21  0:47                       ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-22 21:00                         ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-21  0:38                     ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-11-21 13:09                       ` Kenichi Handa
2002-11-21 14:08                         ` Miles Bader
2002-11-21 21:47                           ` Jason Rumney
2002-11-15 18:13                 ` Jason Rumney
2002-11-15 19:03                   ` David Masterson
2002-11-09 21:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-11-10  9:02   ` Jan D.
2002-11-11 10:20     ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-21 15:26 jasonr

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