Re: tooltip-show with a timer

[Erik Iverson <iverson@biostat.wisc.edu>]

If you don't know, you can then cancel the timer with

M-x cancel-function-timers <RET> moving-tooltip <RET>

Erik Iverson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Could someone help me understand what is going on here?
> 
> Define a function called moving-tooltip, which simply shows a tooltip 
> that says "hi".
> 
> 
> (defun moving-tooltip ()
>  (tooltip-show "hi"))
> 
> Then, hook the new function up to a timer that runs every two seconds.
> 
> (run-with-timer 1 2 'moving-tooltip)
> 
> Let the mouse come to rest, and you'll see the tooltip.  Don't move the 
> mouse, and the next time the tooltip timer is called, the tooltip gets 
> moved (specifically, to the upper-left corner of my screen).
> 
> Any ideas as to what is happening here?
> 
> I'd love it if the tooltip just stayed where it was if the mouse didn't 
> move.
> 
> Thanks,
> Erik
> 
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