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author Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
date Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:56:44 +0000
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1247 *** ph.el has been obsoleted by EUDC and removed. 1247 *** ph.el has been obsoleted by EUDC and removed.
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1250 * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual, 1250 * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual,
1251 (Display-related features are described in a page of their own below.) 1251 (Display-related features are described in a page of their own below.)
1252
1253 ** The value of the `help-echo' text property is evaluated, if it
1254 is not a string already, to obtain a help string.
1252 1255
1253 ** Function `make-obsolete' now has an optional arg to say when the 1256 ** Function `make-obsolete' now has an optional arg to say when the
1254 function was declared obsolete. 1257 function was declared obsolete.
1255 1258
1256 ** Function plist-member is renamed from widget-plist-member (which is 1259 ** Function plist-member is renamed from widget-plist-member (which is
2812 Emacs displays short help messages in the echo area, when the mouse 2815 Emacs displays short help messages in the echo area, when the mouse
2813 moves over a tool-bar item or a piece of text that has a text property 2816 moves over a tool-bar item or a piece of text that has a text property
2814 `help-echo'. This feature also applies to strings in the mode line 2817 `help-echo'. This feature also applies to strings in the mode line
2815 that have a `help-echo' property. 2818 that have a `help-echo' property.
2816 2819
2817 The value of the `help-echo' property must be a string. For tool-bar 2820 If the value of the `help-echo' property is not a string. it is
2818 items, their key definition is used to determine the help to display. 2821 evaluated to obtain a help string.
2819 If their definition contains a property `:help FORM', FORM is 2822
2820 evaluated to determine the help string. Otherwise, the caption of the 2823 For tool-bar items, their key definition is used to determine the help
2821 tool-bar item is used. 2824 to display. If their definition contains a property `:help FORM',
2825 FORM is evaluated to determine the help string. Otherwise, the
2826 caption of the tool-bar item is used.
2822 2827
2823 The hook `show-help-function' can be set to a function that displays 2828 The hook `show-help-function' can be set to a function that displays
2824 help differently. For example, enabling a tooltip window causes the 2829 help differently. For example, enabling a tooltip window causes the
2825 help display to appear there instead of in the echo area. 2830 help display to appear there instead of in the echo area.
2826 2831