From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Better default values for tooltip padding and `tooltip-hide-delay'? Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:11:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1128467587 10162 80.91.229.2 (4 Oct 2005 23:13:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:13:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cs-usenet@arcor.de, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 05 01:12:57 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMvxo-0006KZ-AR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:12:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMvxn-0004vd-C9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:12:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EMvwG-0004W1-Gh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:11:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EMvwD-0004V1-Ev for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:11:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMvwD-0004Uw-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.15] (helo=mx2.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EMvwA-000853-Dt; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Relay1.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27D581C7BC; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 01:11:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Jason Rumney X-Yow: RELATIVES!! In-Reply-To: (Jason Rumney's message of "Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:38:08 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:43554 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: > Most applications put the tooltip below the mouse. The default for > tooltip-y-offset in Emacs is -10, which puts it above the mouse. > Maybe it is worth making the default something like 40 or even 50 (the > offset seems to be to the bottom edge of the tooltip), which puts the > tooltip a safe distance below the pointer. I'd also suggest to make the tooltip face specify a font height of 75%. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."