changeset 31372:3004c92de7b0

help-echo stuff

--- a/lispref/text.texi	Mon Sep 04 13:04:49 2000 +0000
+++ b/lispref/text.texi	Mon Sep 04 13:55:53 2000 +0000
@@ -2659,9 +2659,9 @@
 move the mouse onto that text, Emacs displays that string in the echo
 area, or in the tooltip window.
 
-If the value of the @code{help-echo property} is a function, that
+If the value of the @code{help-echo} property is a function, that
 function is called with three arguments, @var{window}, @var{object} and
-@var{position} and should return a help string or nil for
+@var{position} and should return a help string or @var{nil} for
 none.  The first argument, @var{window} is the window in which
 the help was found.  The second, @var{object}, is the buffer, overlay or
 string which had the @code{help-echo} property.  The @var{position}
@@ -2677,15 +2677,15 @@
 the mouse.
 @item
 If @var{object} is a string (an overlay string or a string displayed
-with the @code{display} property) @var{pos} is the position in that
+with the @code{display} property), @var{pos} is the position in that
 string under the mouse.
 @end itemize
 
 If the value of the @code{help-echo} property is neither a function nor
 a string, it is evaluated to obtain a help string.
 
-Variable @code{show-help-function} (@pxref{Help display}) provides a
-hook to alter the way help text is displayed.
+You can alter the way help text is displayed by setting the variable
+@code{show-help-function} (@pxref{Help display}).
 
 This feature is used in the mode line and for other active text.  It is
 available starting in Emacs 21.
@@ -2813,13 +2813,13 @@
 
 @defvar show-help-function
 @tindex show-help-function
-@anchor{Help display}
-If this variable is non-@code{nil} it specifies a function called to
-display help strings.  These may be @code{help-echo} properties or menu
-(@pxref{Simple Menu Items}, @pxref{Extended Menu Items}) or tool bar
-(@pxref{Tool Bar}) help strings.  The specified function is called with
-one argument, the help string to display.  Tooltip mode
-(@pxref{(emacs)Tooltips}) provides an example.
+@anchor{Help display} If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it specifies a
+function called to display help strings.  These may be @code{help-echo}
+properties, menu help strings (@pxref{Simple Menu Items},
+@pxref{Extended Menu Items}), or tool bar help strings (@pxref{Tool
+Bar}).  The specified function is called with one argument, the help
+string to display.  Tooltip mode (@pxref{(emacs)Tooltips}) provides an
+example.
 @end defvar
 
 @node Format Properties