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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:18 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > For Emacs in CVS, tooltip-mode is enabled by default for text-only 
> > terminals.
> 
> Actually I think it should be enabled by default regardless of anything,
> simply because it should indicate "are tooltips popups going to be
> shown" but rather "should tooltips popups be shown when possible".

Don't we want to show the help echo in the minibuffer instead, when
the mouse is available?

> Looks like an error in the tooltip code where it should check
> applicability before trying to create a tooltip frame.

And if not applicable, what should it do, in your opinion?