Re: Display in minibuffer link under point

[John Kitchin]

org-ref doesn't do anything fancy here, it just runs an idle timer:

https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/blob/master/org-ref-core.el#L597

that runs a function defined at
https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/blob/master/org-ref-core.el#L3633

that function is kind of long because it computes the message, and only
in specific contexts.

Garjola Dindi <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks both of you for your answers.
>
> What would be the way to automatically trigger =display-local-help= when the 
> point is on the link? Org-ref does that beautifully ;)
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Garjola
>
> On Fri 08-May-2020 at 22:48:37 +02, John Kitchin <address@hidden> wrote:
>> It looks like that variable is obsolete now since Emacs 24.1, and 
>> (tooltip-mode -1) is probably the way to get the same thing now.
>>
>> John
>>
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>> On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 1:18 PM briangpowell . <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>  I use this variable to toggle my Gnu Emacs Org-Mode buffer into an audio 
>> desktop:
>>
>>  (setq tooltip-use-echo-area (not tooltip-use-echo-area))
>>
>>  Of course I had to do some programming to do that but the above should get 
>> you started
>>
>>  And we can leave that programming as an exercise for the class--right Dr. 
>> Kitchin?
>>
>>  ;-)
>>
>>  On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:19 AM John Kitchin <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>  M-x display-local-help might do it.
>>
>>  John
>>
>>  -----------------------------------
>>  Professor John Kitchin
>>  Doherty Hall A207F
>>  Department of Chemical Engineering
>>  Carnegie Mellon University
>>  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>>  412-268-7803
>>  @johnkitchin
>>  http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>>
>>  On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:15 AM Garjola Dindi <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  Is there a way to display in the minibuffer the URL of the link under
>>  the point in the same way as when the mouse pointer is over the link?
>>
>>  Thanks!
>>
>>  Garjola
>>  --


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