From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to execute code on cursor move
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:28:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130713132838.GB11006@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83vc4e4t8a.fsf@gnu.org>
Hi Eli,
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 02:03:33PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:39:03 +0200
> > From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
> >
> > I want to check a text property and display in the minibuffer depending
> > on context (in my case, on an org-link).
[...chomp...chomp...chomp...]
> > Is using the post-command-hook a good idea?
>
> No, because it slows down Emacs's _every_ command.
Thank you, I had a feeling that is the case.
> > Is there something better?
>
> There are the 'point-entered' and 'point-left' text properties. Make
> sure they cover the buffer positions where you want to display the
> message in the echo area, and the rest should be easy.
I have the following snippet based on what you say above:
----------8<--------------------8<----------
;; Text for testing
;; some text description some more
;; setup: add tooltip
(add-text-properties 34 45
'(help-echo "tooltip"))
;; test above setup: tooltip b/w 34-45
(get-text-property 40 'help-echo)
;; add special properties
(defun sa-echo-tooltip (old new)
(display-message-or-buffer (or (get-text-property new 'help-echo) "")))
(add-text-properties
34 45 '(point-left sa-echo-tooltip point-entered sa-echo-tooltip))
----------8<--------------------8<----------
Now to convert this to something workable I guess I would have to add
the point-left and point-entered properties to all org-links. I'm not
sure how I can do that, but I guess asking on the Org mode list will be
best.
Thanks a lot!
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-13 10:39 How to execute code on cursor move Suvayu Ali
2013-07-13 11:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-13 13:28 ` Suvayu Ali [this message]
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2013-07-13 13:26 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-13 15:32 ` Suvayu Ali
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