From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: virtual space? Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:09:38 +0000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87znebudt9.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: <87y8vgbhdc.fsf@lucien.dreaming> <3F96A856.1060909@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070405492 6470 80.91.224.253 (2 Dec 2003 22:51:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:51:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 02 23:51:30 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARJMf-0006fF-00 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 23:51:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARKAf-0001YU-Pu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:43:09 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de (213.203.244.156) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1070399391 70431028 213.203.244.156 ([73968] 10430) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:37dD6GKT0tc75kE4dVLrnzlTr1E= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118923 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14864 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14864 "Eli Zaretskii" writes: >> But he wants it displayed without any window manager decorations. > > I understood that, too, but didn't understand _why_ he wants that, and > asked for explanations. The completion popups of Eclipse look a lot like tool-tips and they are displayed near point. Maybe that's what he wants. I think having the completions displayed near point has some value -- on a big display your eyes would otherwise have to travel a lot. On the other hand, displaying a popup near point for less eye travel makes sense only if the popup is small. And to make it so, it needs to either contain few characters, or a small font. I find that popups with few characters are unreadable, due to the scrolling involved, and popups with a small font are also unreadable. Yeah, that might be what I dislike about the Eclipse tooltip-like completion popups. They are too damnes tiny! Kai