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

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: "clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com" <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Subject: bug#23341: x-show-tip does not respect the value of tooltip-hide-delay, and the default tooltip timeout isn't configurable
Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 08:35:05 +0800

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> FWIW, I don't see why `x-show-tip' is being
> considered "internal".  And I'm one who uses it in
> external libraries.
>
> If `tooltip-show' can use `x-show-tip' then so
> can "external" code that does something similar.

`x-show-tip' is an internal function because it exposes dangerous
features to Lisp.

If the `frame' parameter is an invisible frame, the tooltip will be
displayed unpredictably by different window managers.

There are also some things you can put in `params' that will make Emacs
crash, but I don't remember which.

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