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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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:48:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
Cc: 23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23341: x-show-tip does not respect the value of
 tooltip-hide-delay, and the default tooltip timeout isn't configurable
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:36:39 +0300
> Cc: 23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:22:09 -0400
> 
> >> It would be nice to have a lisp-configurable default for tooltip timeout; currently, it is hardcoded to 5 seconds in x_show_tip.
> > 
> > ??? That hardcoded value is only used if the optional argument TIMEOUT
> > is nil, so I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.
> 
> I'm saying that it would be nice for users to be able to set a global default that applies in all cases in which a package uses x-show-tip and doesn't pass the appropriate argument (or make it user-configurable) :)

Which package(s) do that?  I think those packages need to be fixed
instead.





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