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29.0.50; Help descriptions from menu bar items don't appear in the echo area

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: 52994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: bug#52994: 29.0.50; Help descriptions from menu bar items don't appear in the echo area
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:14:10 +0100

Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org> writes:

> You're right, I don't expect tooltips to appear for menu items and I'm
> not sure whether it's even possible to update the Emacs frame while
> the menus are open.

Right.  Perhaps there should be a setting to emulate the action of
tooltip-mode off when using the menus only?  In other words, an option
to display the menu bar help texts in the echo area.

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