Re: how does ballon-help work under X?
Kyle Jones writes:
Andy Piper writes:
> At 13:38 24/10/98 +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> >Not if you want to have the ability to attach glyphs and extents to
> >tooltip strings.
>
> Why would I want to do this :)
You might want to emphasize a word in the help string, which
would require an extent. Or you might want to put a glyph in
the balloon to give the user an exact picture of the button
they should press to initiate an action.
I don't understnad the resistance to the existing balloon help.
Presumably if the Windows port was done properly, balloon-help.el
should just work. It doesn't rely on X specific things as far as
I know.
There are two aesthetically undesirable characteristics. One is the
full Windows decorations around the balloon help. This makes them
look "heavy" and rather obtrusive. The other is that the extra base
frame is visible. It usually looks like a truncated piece of
something else and is just, plain wierd.
david