Re: emacs' headband helpful tips sliced by window edge

[Jason Rumney]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> > From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com>
> > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
> > Date: 19 Dec 2001 10:38:18 +0800
> > 
> > I slowly glide the mouse over the pictures on emacs' "headband", their
> > helpful pop up tips popping up, with their words leading off to the
> > right.  However, when I get to the scissors, hark, its helpful tip
> > balloon goes off to the left, and its first part is off the screen.
> 
> Come on, just customize tooltip-frame-parameters to specify a smaller
> font, and be done with this...

I think his point that tooltips should wrap if they would otherwise
appear partially offscreen is a good one.

Tooltips are most useful for a user who does not yet know that it is
possible to customize the tooltip font.

-- 
Jason Rumney