From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How get pixel position via point? Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:02:22 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87he10kmr1.fsf@knight.6test.edu.cn> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069258679 32230 80.91.224.253 (19 Nov 2003 16:17:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:17:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 17:17:57 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 1AMV1g-0007Os-00 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:17:57 +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 1AMVyj-0000XP-3z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:18:57 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1069257742 132.204.24.42 (Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:02:22 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:02:22 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118440 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:14381 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14381 > In fact, I am trying to make tooltip showing around point, > instead of mouse. It will be a good news if you can show me a better > way. ;) AFAIK, there's no good way to do that. It should be pretty easy to add a new C function that provides the feature to elisp, but nobody has written it yet (even though other people have bumped into the problem for the exact same reason as you). Posting a feature request to gnu.emacs.bug might help speed things up. Stefan