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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Message #97 received at 23341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 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: Sun, 01 May 2022 18:38:18 +0800

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

> As I said in the bug thread, I agree with that, but nevertheless,
> x-show-tip is still used directly -- even in-tree -- so adding a
> (non-user option) variable to allow tweaking is appropriate.

If code calls `x-show-tip' directly, then that means it explictly wants
a 5 second delay: no more, no less.

If that is not actually what it wants, it should be fixed, instead of
hacking around the problem with a global variable.

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