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>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23341: x-show-tip does not respect the value of tooltip-hide-delay, and the default tooltip timeout isn't configurable
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 18:57:34 +0300

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