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Re: display value of links in mini-buffer (was: Re: bug archiving policy
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: display value of links in mini-buffer (was: Re: bug archiving policy) |
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:26:01 +0200 |
> From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 17:54:40 +0700
> Cc: Emacs-Devel List <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
> However, some modes also put 'help-echo property over text in a
> buffer: buttons and links in Customize, links in Info, links in Eww,
> diagnostics in Flymake. All of them would benefit from the behavior
> you’re asking of Org: display tooltip text in the echo area when point
> enters text so propertized.
>
> There is a command ‘display-local-help’, bound to ‘<f1> .’, that can
> be called manually. It would be nice to have a minor mode that would
> basically invoke that whenever the point moves.
>
> Basically, instead of bickering about Org maintainers not wanting to
> track Org feature requests in the Emacs bug tracker, I propose that we
> extend the scope of the request so that it becomes a genuine Emacs
> feature request.
We already have the kbd-help property (display-local-help supports
it); would that fit the bill?