Re: Gtk version getting closer

["Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

>> If one sets a default font for everything in .Xdefaults, or use
>> for example CDE, KDE (and perhaps Gnome) tools for setting style,
>> the tooltip will pick up that default font.
>
> I meant a decent setup, not the default.  I once proposed to make the
> default font for the tooltips smaller than the one chosen for the
> default face, but was told that there are problems to do that with X,
> and I don't know enough about X to suggest a solution.
>
> FWIW, my .emacs selects a much smaller font for tooltips.

Yes, but you must be considered a power user.  Most users seem to just
use the tools available in the GUI to select fonts and colours.


>> The alternative is to have a long tooltip.  Then one has to wait for
>> the tooltip to appear, shift focus of attention to the tooltip (which
>> may be on the other side of the screen), and then shift attention back
>> to the menu.
>
> That's how tooltips work on all GUI platforms I've seen; Emacs just
> tries to be compatible here.  (Of course, you have variables to
> customize the time delay for pop-up and pop-down, if the defaults
> annoy you.)

I still believe that this is not how tooltips for menus work on the
majority of GUI platforms.  Most GUI platforms does not have
tooltips for menus at all.  But I think the "What's this?" approach
explained elsewhere is better.

	Jan D.