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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: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Cc: 52994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Subject: Re: bug#52994: 29.0.50; Help descriptions from menu bar items don't
 appear in the echo area
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:39:58 +0100

Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es> writes:

> Steps to reproduce the problem:
>
> emacs -Q
> Click on File, place the mouse over "Visit New File", but don't click it.
>
> Expected results:
>
> "Specify a new file's name, to edit the file", which is the value for
> the :help keyword of that menu item, appears in the echo area, or
> perhaps in a tooltip.
>
> Actual results:
>
> Nothing appears in the echo area.

I'm unable to reproduce this problem on Debian -- is this a Macos
problem only?

On Macos, the menu is separated from the Emacs frame, and I'm guessing
it's impossible to do tooltips up there.  But I guess it could show the
tooltips in the echo area?  I.e., kinda emulate having tooltip-mode off
when doing the menus?

I've added Alan to the CCs; perhaps he has some comments.

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