From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7691: 24.0.50; x-popup-menu with keymap - :help keyword Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:22:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <533F867CDF704323995770A237B514FF@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292885588 4721 80.91.229.12 (20 Dec 2010 22:53:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7691@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 20 23:53:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PUobF-00073i-Vt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:53:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PUobF-0008Cw-JC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:53:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58063 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PUob9-0008CU-5L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:52:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUob8-0001sq-18 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:52:55 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35561) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUob7-0001sj-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PUo2Q-0001sa-5z; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:17:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7691 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7691-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7691.12928833647142 (code B ref 7691); Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7691) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Dec 2010 22:16:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PUo1U-0001r9-6l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:16:04 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PUo1T-0001qi-9u for 7691@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:16:03 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAE9mD01Ld/2v/2dsb2JhbACkG3S/SYVJBIRljhI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,204,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="85995848" Original-Received: from 75-119-253-175.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([75.119.253.175]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 20 Dec 2010 17:22:33 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3CBE966112; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:22:33 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <533F867CDF704323995770A237B514FF@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:12:52 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:17:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42680 Archived-At: > But put the pointer over item `Foo' in the menu and you will not see the > :help displayed. This is true also if `tooltip-mode' is off (the help > does not show in the minibuffer/echo area). Looks like a bug, indeed. Might be a very longstanding one. It's probably some missing code somewhere. > There is this note in `(elisp) Pop-Up Menus': > "Don't use `x-popup-menu' to display a menu if you > could do the job with a prefix key defined with a menu > keymap. [...] > I cannot tell if that note is supposed to speak to the limitation/bug > I'm reporting. No relation: it talks about when to use x-popup-menu, not about how to use it. Also it talks about C-h c rather than tooltip help. Stefan