# HG changeset patch # User Nick Roberts # Date 1115506594 0 # Node ID 517435a249bbc09096493d350ec97e36c692eb05 # Parent 83608278e9225ff385d649b3b409cbc303ffb4ff (Tooltips): Describe help tooltips and GUD tooltips as different animals. diff -r 83608278e922 -r 517435a249bb man/frames.texi --- a/man/frames.texi Sat May 07 22:56:00 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/frames.texi Sat May 07 22:56:34 2005 +0000 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar. * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar. * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes. -* Tooltips:: Showing "tooltips", AKA "balloon help" for active text. +* Tooltips:: Displaying information at the current mouse position. * Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way. * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one. * XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator. @@ -969,19 +969,25 @@ the setting of this variable has no effect. @node Tooltips -@section Tooltips (or ``Balloon Help'') +@section Tooltips + + Tooltips are small windows that display text information at the +current mouse position. They activate when there is a pause in mouse +movement. -@cindex balloon help - Tooltips are small X windows displaying a help string at the current -mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which -can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is -sometimes known as @dfn{balloon help}.) Help text may be available for -menu items too. +There are two types of tooltip: help tooltips and GUD tooltips. + +Help tooltips typically display over text--including the mode +line--but may be also available for many other parts of the Emacs +frame such as the toolbar and menu items. @findex tooltip-mode - You can toggle Tooltip mode with the command @kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}. -When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text is displayed in the echo -area instead. + You can toggle help tooltips (Tooltip mode) with the command +@kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}. When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text +is displayed in the echo area instead. + +GUD tooltips are useful when you are debugging a +program. @xref{Debugger Operation}. @vindex tooltip-delay The variables @code{tooltip-delay} specifies how long Emacs should