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author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2005-11-07 23:09:59 +0000 |
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committer | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2005-11-07 23:09:59 +0000 |
commit | 43d0ed81be9eb704d29444dd9c8acbbf2bd3cfaa (patch) | |
tree | eda7d3c4c9603a6749040c6a7668db4c7c548511 /man/help.texi | |
parent | caadbbece0732ad25bb1f4d3ad874651ba120f99 (diff) |
(Help Echo): By default, help echos are only shown on mouse-over, not
on point-over.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/help.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | man/help.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/help.texi b/man/help.texi index 8ecc610c66c..233d3c24b00 100644 --- a/man/help.texi +++ b/man/help.texi @@ -613,8 +613,10 @@ Emacs (@code{describe-no-warranty}). 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 |