Variable: tooltip-use-echo-area

tooltip-use-echo-area is a customizable variable defined in tooltip.el.gz.

This variable is obsolete since 24.1; disable Tooltip mode instead

Value

nil

Documentation

Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.

This variable is obsolete; instead of setting it to t, disable tooltip-mode(var)/tooltip-mode(fun) (which has a similar effect).

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 24.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/tooltip.el.gz
(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
  "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
This variable is obsolete; instead of setting it to t, disable
`tooltip-mode' (which has a similar effect)."
  :type 'boolean)