GNU bug report logs - #18343
24.4.50; REGRESSION: `help-echo' property is not added, so no tooltip or echo

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18343 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18343: 24.4.50;	REGRESSION: `help-echo' property is not added, so no tooltip or echo
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:06:40 -0700 (PDT)

ez> Disable font-lock-mode, and help-echo works again as expected.
ez> It sounds like font-lock overwrites the help-echo property.

Yes.  It apparently just removes the property.

wj> Just turn off font-lock-mode ;-)
wj> Seriously, educated guess + vc-annotate gives:
wj>
wj> Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
wj> Date:   Tue Apr 22 13:45:43 2014 -0400
    ...
wj> + (font-lock-extra-managed-props help-echo)

I hope no one is suggesting that this is a new feature, instead
of a regression. ;-)
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