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Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:43:21 +0300 |
> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:05 +1200
> From: address@hidden (Nick Roberts)
>
> ;; Even if we start on a text-only terminal, make this non-nil by
> ;; default because we can open a graphical frame later (multi-tty).
>
> I think this is wrong because, in the Linux console with gpm, every time the
> mouse moves over a region with a help-echo property, in the mini-buffer, you
> get the error message:
>
> Error while displaying tooltip: (error Non-X frame used)
>
> before the help text appears.
Yes, it's wrong.
> Presumably if a multi-tty user chooses to open a graphical frame, he
> can enable tooltip-mode if he wishes. Or maybe it is possible to distinguish
> between the Linux console and a text-only terminal on a graphical terminal,
> e.g xterm on X11 where gpm is not available.
I think it should be possible to set this mode per frame, and then it
should be off on text-only terminals.
I suggest to file a bug report about this.
- tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Nick Roberts, 2009/04/26
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Glenn Morris, 2009/04/26
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Stefan Monnier, 2009/04/27
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/04/27
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Chong Yidong, 2009/04/27
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Nick Roberts, 2009/04/28
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/04/28
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Chong Yidong, 2009/04/28
- Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default, Nick Roberts, 2009/04/29