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23.0.93; Gnome tooltip flashing

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Mauger <mmaug <at> yahoo.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.93; Gnome tooltip flashing
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 14:46:32 -0700 (PDT)

i Just built GNU Emacs from the BZR repository http://bzr.notengoamigos.org/emacs/trunk/
on Ubuntu 9.04 (2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux).

Under Gnome, whenever I mouse over a toolbar button, or a mode line, the tooltip is displayed
but is repeatedly displayed causing very noticible screen flashing.  It doesn't happen every 
time, and will sometimes start if the mouse cursor is left hovering over a toolbar button
(not moving; the mouse not touched or moved).  

Obviously, this isn't a critical editor failure, but it is a disconcerting display effect.

In GNU Emacs 23.0.93.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
 of 2009-05-09 on michael-portable
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10600000
configured using `configure  '--with-libotf' '--with-m17n-flt''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<send-emacs-bug-report>

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Message #10 received at 3251 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Michael Mauger <mmaug <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 3251 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.93; Gnome tooltip flashing
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:25:38 -0400

> i Just built GNU Emacs from the BZR repository
> http://bzr.notengoamigos.org/emacs/trunk/ on Ubuntu 9.04
> (2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686
> GNU/Linux).

> Under Gnome, whenever I mouse over a toolbar button, or a mode line,
> the tooltip is displayed but is repeatedly displayed causing very
> noticible screen flashing.  It doesn't happen every time, and will
> sometimes start if the mouse cursor is left hovering over a toolbar
> button (not moving; the mouse not touched or moved).

Do you still see this problem with Emacs 23.1?  (I haven't been able to
reproduce it).

Message #15 received at 3251 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Mauger <mmaug <at> yahoo.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 3251 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.93; Gnome tooltip flashing
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:43:08 -0700 (PDT)

Its intermittent but its occurence and display is far reduced.  Even when it happens it is not as dramatic and distracting as it once was.

You can probably close this now.  If it returns I'll try to debug it better.  Thanks



----- Original Message ----
From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Michael Mauger <mmaug <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 3251 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 3:25:38 PM
Subject: Re: 23.0.93; Gnome tooltip flashing

> i Just built GNU Emacs from the BZR repository
> http://bzr.notengoamigos.org/emacs/trunk/ on Ubuntu 9.04
> (2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686
> GNU/Linux).

> Under Gnome, whenever I mouse over a toolbar button, or a mode line,
> the tooltip is displayed but is repeatedly displayed causing very
> noticible screen flashing.  It doesn't happen every time, and will
> sometimes start if the mouse cursor is left hovering over a toolbar
> button (not moving; the mouse not touched or moved).

Do you still see this problem with Emacs 23.1?  (I haven't been able to
reproduce it).

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