Subject: Re: bug#23341: x-show-tip does not respect the value of tooltip-hide-delay, and the default tooltip timeout isn't configurable

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 18:57:34 +0300

> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 10:40:58 -0400
> 
> On 2016-04-24 04:40, martin rudalics wrote:
> > If you can think of a better solution with less surprising results
> > for the user please tell me.
> 
> Isn't using the value of tooltip-hide-delay (or of a new similar variable) as the default in x-show-tip such a solution?
> In other words, what downside does it have? Sorry if I missed one. All that I've seen for now is mentions that this was an internal detail.

The downside is that tooltip-hide-delay has no relation whatsoever to
x-show-tip.  It is a user option supported by functions in tooltip.el,
as its name says.