From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: supporting mouse-entered, mouse-left Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:05:44 +0200 Message-ID: <87tz0sfqyv.fsf@dd.chalmers.se> References: <9c768dc60907310013o7226f1d5w4cde4c54b03eb474@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249077979 12270 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2009 22:06:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:19 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 01 00:06:12 2009 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 1MX0Eu-0001El-1t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:06:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58969 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MX0Et-00012j-A0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:06:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MX0En-000128-S9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MX0Ei-0000zU-7l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49778 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MX0Ei-0000zR-5g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:06:00 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:58389 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MX0Eh-0006n3-7v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:59 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MX0Ed-0006Ir-KJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:05:55 +0000 Original-Received: from c-a5c3e455.04-211-6c6b701.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se ([85.228.195.165]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:05:55 +0000 Original-Received: from bojohan+news by c-a5c3e455.04-211-6c6b701.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:05:55 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-a5c3e455.04-211-6c6b701.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:K1LKPOA9qqII7OoTtloBJPH/Edc= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:113488 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> I would like to highlight certain identifiers (such as all uses >> of a particular local variable in a function) simultaneously >> when the mouse enters any of them. > >> I've scoured the documentation, and I don't see a way to >> accomplish this feat. > > You can probably do it via track-mouse, but it's likely not going to > satisfy your needs quite like you want to. The help-echo property + show-help-function can do it too, kind of. (help-echo alone gives you `mouse-entered').