;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
-;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
;;; Code:
-;;; Customizable settings
+(defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
(defgroup tooltip nil
"Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
:group 'tools
:version "21.1"
:tag "Tool Tips")
+\f
+;;; Switching tooltips on/off
+
+;; We don't set track-mouse globally because this is a big redisplay
+;; problem in buffers having a pre-command-hook or such installed,
+;; which does a set-buffer, like the summary buffer of Gnus. Calling
+;; set-buffer prevents redisplay optimizations, so every mouse motion
+;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay.
+
+(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
+ "Toggle Tooltip mode.
+With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
+When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
+in a pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse on.
+\(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
+all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
+
+When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
+the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
+ :global t
+ :init-value (not (or noninteractive
+ emacs-basic-display
+ (not (display-graphic-p))
+ (not (fboundp 'x-show-tip))))
+ :initialize 'custom-initialize-safe-default
+ :group 'tooltip
+ (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
+ (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
+ (if tooltip-mode
+ (progn
+ (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
+ (add-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
+ (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
+ (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
+ (remove-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
+ (setq show-help-function
+ (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help nil)))
+
+\f
+;;; Customizable settings
(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
"Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
- :tag "Delay"
:type 'number
:group 'tooltip)
(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
"Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
- :tag "Short delay"
:type 'number
:group 'tooltip)
(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
"Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
- :tag "Recent seconds"
:type 'number
:group 'tooltip)
(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
"Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
- :tag "Hide delay"
:type 'number
:group 'tooltip)
-(defcustom tooltip-x-offset nil
+(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
"X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
-The offset is relative to the position of the mouse. It must
-be chosen so that the tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse
-when it pops up. If the value is nil, the default offset is 5
-pixels.
+The offset is the distance between the X position of the mouse and
+the left border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
+tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
+interfere with clicking where you wish.
If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
- :tag "X offset"
- :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
- (integer :tag "Offset" :value 1))
+ :type 'integer
:group 'tooltip)
-(defcustom tooltip-y-offset nil
+(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
"Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
-The offset is relative to the position of the mouse. It must
-be chosen so that the tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse
-when it pops up. If the value is nil, the default offset is -10
-pixels.
+The offset is the distance between the Y position of the mouse and
+the top border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
+tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
+interfere with clicking where you wish.
If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
- :tag "Y offset"
- :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
- (integer :tag "Offset" :value 1))
+ :type 'integer
:group 'tooltip)
(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
'((name . "tooltip")
- (internal-border-width . 5)
+ (internal-border-width . 2)
(border-width . 1))
"Frame parameters used for tooltips.
If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
position to pop up the tooltip."
:type 'sexp
- :tag "Frame Parameters"
:group 'tooltip)
(defface tooltip
(t
:inherit variable-pitch))
"Face for tooltips."
- :group 'tooltip)
+ :group 'tooltip
+ :group 'basic-faces)
(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
- "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips."
+ "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
+To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
+and enable `tooltip-mode'."
:type 'boolean
- :tag "Use echo area"
:group 'tooltip)
\f
(let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
(and window (window-buffer window))))
-;;; Switching tooltips on/off
-
-;; We don't set track-mouse globally because this is a big redisplay
-;; problem in buffers having a pre-command-hook or such installed,
-;; which does a set-buffer, like the summary buffer of Gnus. Calling
-;; set-buffer prevents redisplay optimizations, so every mouse motion
-;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay.
-
-(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
- "Toggle Tooltip display.
-With ARG, turn tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive."
- :global t
- :init-value (not (or noninteractive
- emacs-quick-startup
- (not (display-graphic-p))
- (not (fboundp 'x-show-tip))))
- :initialize 'custom-initialize-safe-default
- :group 'tooltip
- (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
- (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
- (if tooltip-mode
- (progn
- (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
- (add-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
- (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
- (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
- (remove-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
- (setq show-help-function
- (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help nil)))
-
\f
;;; Timeout for tooltip display