# HG changeset patch
# User Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
# Date 971370139 0
# Node ID a35cc9700ff7862d2e0c66bc4c5e6c062bc8e52b
# Parent  958a5e37e95d5cab42af7fd8cb525b865170905f
* tooltip.el (tooltip-use-echo-area): New user variable.
(tooltip-show): Use it to choose between `x-show-tip' and `message'.

diff -r 958a5e37e95d -r a35cc9700ff7 lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Thu Oct 12 16:47:25 2000 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Thu Oct 12 17:02:19 2000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-12  Sam Steingold  <sds@gnu.org>
+
+	* tooltip.el (tooltip-use-echo-area): New user variable.
+	(tooltip-show): Use it to choose between `x-show-tip' and `message'.
+
 2000-10-12  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
 
 	* recentf.el: Maintainer's checkdoc fixes.
diff -r 958a5e37e95d -r a35cc9700ff7 lisp/tooltip.el
--- a/lisp/tooltip.el	Thu Oct 12 16:47:25 2000 +0000
+++ b/lisp/tooltip.el	Thu Oct 12 17:02:19 2000 +0000
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@
   :group 'tooltip)
 
 
+(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
+  "Use the echo area instead of the actual tooltip windows."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :tag "use echo area"
+  :group 'tooltip)
+
 
 ;;; Variables that are not customizable.
 
@@ -271,8 +277,9 @@
 
 (defun tooltip-show (text)
   "Show a tooltip window at the current mouse position displaying TEXT."
-  (x-show-tip text (selected-frame) tooltip-frame-parameters))
-
+  (if tooltip-use-echo-area
+      (message "%s" text)
+      (x-show-tip text (selected-frame) tooltip-frame-parameters)))
 
 (defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
   "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.