Re: The new tooltips API in 5 minutes [Was: Re: Whats coming in GTK+ 2.12, continued]

["BJörn Lindqvist" <bjourne gmail com>]

On 6/12/07, Kristian Rietveld <kris imendio com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 10:38:44AM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > There's also a new GtkTooltip object. Could we have some more information
> > about how this should be used and if it replaces any existing API, please?
>
> Sure ;)  As Matthias pointed out in one of his other mails, GTK+ 2.12
> has a brand-new API for doing tooltips, replacing the aging GtkTooltips
> object.  There are several ways for showing tooltips using the new API,
> increasing in complexity as the complexity of the wished tooltip
> increases:

A new API called "GtkTooltip" replaces an API called "GtkTooltips"?
Seems like that could become very confusing.. especially when using
two or more GtkTooltips. Couldn't you have came up with something a
little more imaginative? :)

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mvh Björn