Re: tooltip-mode shouldn't be enabled in the Linux console by default

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:05 +1200
> From: address@hidden (Nick Roberts)
> 
>   ;; Even if we start on a text-only terminal, make this non-nil by
>   ;; default because we can open a graphical frame later (multi-tty).
> 
> I think this is wrong because, in the Linux console with gpm, every time the
> mouse moves over a region with a help-echo property, in the mini-buffer, you
> get the error message:
> 
>  Error while displaying tooltip: (error Non-X frame used)
> 
> before the help text appears.

Yes, it's wrong.

> Presumably if a multi-tty user chooses to open a graphical frame, he
> can enable tooltip-mode if he wishes.  Or maybe it is possible to distinguish
> between the Linux console and a text-only terminal on a graphical terminal,
> e.g xterm on X11 where gpm is not available.

I think it should be possible to set this mode per frame, and then it
should be off on text-only terminals.

I suggest to file a bug report about this.