From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tooltips for minor modes Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:47:01 -0800 Message-ID: <200802190947.m1J9l1Vw020598@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200802190820.m1J8Knbo007894@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <86wsp1z3ok.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203414974 1954 80.91.229.12 (19 Feb 2008 09:56:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:56:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 19 10:56:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JRPDB-0003UA-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:56:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRPCe-0008DN-N1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:55:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRP6G-0004nh-Hg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:49:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRP6E-0004mU-Eb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:49:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRP6D-0004mD-82 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:49:18 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRP68-0002bi-EC; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:49:13 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1204019222.37627@LrPeH2B5JFCk36eG1UkopQ Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1J9l1Vw020598; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:47:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86wsp1z3ok.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:38:35 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:89560 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > > It would be nice if the mode-line :lighter for minor modes would have a > > tooltip with a brief description of what the minor mode is. > > Things like "Fly", "hs", "Fill" are not very explicit, providing a > > tooltip would be very helpful for some users. > > > > Not sure what is the best way to provide a generic mechanism for doing this... > > Well a tooltip "minor mode" "minor mode help" is not really useful. > Substituting the actual name of the mode in the tooltip would seem like > an improvement. Agreed, but it's still not even close to being good enough. Something like "Minor mode: glasses-mode" gives close to zero useful information if you are not familiar with the mode...