Re: tooltip-help.el --- show help as tooltip

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On Mar 2, 9:14 pm, Emilio Lopes <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden com writes:
> > If the cursor is ON a symbol then help is shown for that symbol.
> > If the cursor is after or before a symbol then the function symbol
> > belonging to the containing sexp is used. If no such symbol is
> > found then a nearby symbol is tried.
> > If the symbol has both function and variable bindings then both of
> > them are shown together in the tooltip.
> > When function help is shown and the cursor is in the argument list
> > then the relevant argument is highlighted in the documentation.
> > (Using code copied from Emacs Wiki.)
>
> What are its advantages over `eldoc-mode'?
>

It shows the whole documentation of functions and variables, not just
the first line of it.

If  a symbol has both function and variable bindings then it shows
both of them.

It also shows the current value of the variable, not just its
documentation.


By the way, it works together with eldoc mode, so it not replaces it,
rather complements it.