Mercurial > emacs
changeset 66746:2a26902fb8a4
(Help Echo): By default, help echos are only shown on mouse-over, not
on point-over.
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:09:59 +0000 |
| parents | 5c8f9dbc49f5 |
| children | d7776140d845 |
| files | man/help.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/help.texi Mon Nov 07 23:07:06 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/help.texi Mon Nov 07 23:09:59 2005 +0000 @@ -613,8 +613,10 @@ the mouse or a key like @kbd{RET}, it often has associated help text. Areas of the mode line are examples. On most window systems, the help text is displayed as a ``tooltip'' (sometimes known as ``balloon -help''). @xref{Tooltips}. Otherwise, it is shown in the echo area -when you move point into the active text. +help''), when you move the mouse over the active text. @xref{Tooltips}. +On some systems, it is shown in the echo area. On text-only +terminals, Emacs may not be able to follow the mouse and hence will +not show the help text on mouse-over. @kindex C-h . @findex display-local-help