Re: Turning off tooltip-mode wipes out echo-area message

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:23:26 -0700
> 
> I've pared this down quite a bit, but I haven't isolated the problem
> completely. The two libraries below give a reproducible test, in any case.
> Neither library has anything to do with tooltip-mode, BTW.

When you reported this the first time, I looked into it and published
my findings: AFAICS, this is how the code is supposed to work, but for
some strange reason I couldn't understand, the results on GNU/Linux are
different.

> My guess is that some tooltip that is not even seen is somehow being
> displayed in the echo area, and that is wiping out the message.

No need for guessing anymore: I've seen in the code that the echo area
is cleared (IIRC, because some of the menu items don't have help
echo).

I need help from someone who has an easy access to a Unix or GNU/Linux
machine and can explain why the echo area isn't cleared there in the
example you posted, like it is on Windows.  The code clearly shows
that we intentionally clear the echo area.