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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/keymaps.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/keymaps.texi b/lispref/keymaps.texi index 6576c3cd35f..68749792c49 100644 --- a/lispref/keymaps.texi +++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi @@ -1573,10 +1573,8 @@ You can also supply a second string, called the help string, as follows: (@var{item-string} @var{help-string} . @var{real-binding}) @end example -Currently Emacs does not actually use @var{help-string}; it knows only -how to ignore @var{help-string} in order to extract @var{real-binding}. -In the future we may use @var{help-string} as extended documentation for -the menu item, available on request. +@var{help-string} specifies a ``help-echo'' string to display while the +mouse is on that item. As far as @code{define-key} is concerned, @var{item-string} and @var{help-string} are part of the event's binding. However, @@ -1659,8 +1657,8 @@ does not appear, then the menu is displayed as if this item were not defined at all. @item :help @var{help} -The value of this property, @var{help}, is the extra help string (not -currently used by Emacs). +The value of this property, @var{help}, is the ``help-echo'' string to +display while the mouse is on that item. @item :button (@var{type} . @var{selected}) This property provides a way to define radio buttons and toggle buttons. |