Re: mode-line tooltips for "[" and "]" in recursive-edit

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Could you please respect the mail headers? (This is not the fist time
you are doing this).

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

  > > It would be nice if [ and ] that appear in the mode-line in
  > > recursive-edit had a tooltip explaining what they are.  Such tooltips
  > > will be helpful for beginners.
  > > 
  > > Can someone please add the tooltips?
  > 
  > Why do you suggest a change and then, in the same breath, ask someone to go
  > ahead and install it? Isn't that jumping the gun a bit?

It is jumping the gun when dealing with someone that just wants to
nitpick.  Someone that wants to cooperate can choose to actually discuss
the idea.

  > I, for one, think this enhancement would be silly. Tooltips for the
  > mode-line abound already. 

The logic here is flawed: the fact that the mode-line has tooltips for
other unrelated items has zero implications about the tooltips for
recursive-edit.  
To explain why this is needed: good UI design provides clues for what
the elements of the UI.  Tooltips are a way to provide such clues, we
use them already.  Suggestions for alternative

  > Users can read the doc for [].

There's no easy way for the users to find those docs.