* Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
@ 2012-03-15 16:49 brian powell
2012-03-15 17:06 ` Nick Dokos
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From: brian powell @ 2012-03-15 16:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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* I know that this will toggle the mouse-highlight "messages that pop-up"
when you move a mouse over a "LINK: " in OrgMode:
(setq mouse-highlight (not mouse-highlight))
** Now, is there a simple way to send the "messages that pop-up" to a file?
*** Maybe to a FIFO?
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* Re: Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
2012-03-15 16:49 Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file? brian powell
@ 2012-03-15 17:06 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-15 17:39 ` brian powell
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-03-15 17:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: brian powell; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode
brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> wrote:
> * I know that this will toggle the mouse-highlight "messages that pop-up" when you move a mouse over
> a "LINK: " in OrgMode:
>
> (setq mouse-highlight (not mouse-highlight))
>
> ** Now, is there a simple way to send the "messages that pop-up" to a file?
>
They are already in a file: the org file that contains the link.
A link like this [[file:foo.txt][foo]] pops up a LINK: file:foo.txt
balloon, so a suitable grep/sed combination suffices.
But I suspect that this is not a satisfactory answer: what exactly are
you trying to do?
Nick
> *** Maybe to a FIFO?
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Alternatives:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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* Re: Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
2012-03-15 17:06 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2012-03-15 17:39 ` brian powell
2012-03-15 18:17 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: brian powell @ 2012-03-15 17:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nicholas.dokos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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* Thanks, Nick--I have been pursuing that idea--maybe just extract the
regexp, sed/grep etc.
** But I was just thinking maybe there is a simple way to capture the pop
up "LINK: file:foo.txt balloon" as you put it--into a file or fifo.
*** Then all sorts of things could be done with it--I'm thinking maybe
OrgMode could be used with the lights out/if your blind/screen blinks
out---well, OrgMode could be partially used...one could pipe it to a
text-to-speech program for example---and/or logging where the mouse has
been in an OrgMode document.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
> brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > * I know that this will toggle the mouse-highlight "messages that
> pop-up" when you move a mouse over
> > a "LINK: " in OrgMode:
> >
> > (setq mouse-highlight (not mouse-highlight))
> >
> > ** Now, is there a simple way to send the "messages that pop-up" to a
> file?
> >
>
> They are already in a file: the org file that contains the link.
> A link like this [[file:foo.txt][foo]] pops up a LINK: file:foo.txt
> balloon, so a suitable grep/sed combination suffices.
>
> But I suspect that this is not a satisfactory answer: what exactly are
> you trying to do?
>
> Nick
>
> > *** Maybe to a FIFO?
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Alternatives:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
>
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* Re: Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
2012-03-15 17:39 ` brian powell
@ 2012-03-15 18:17 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-03-15 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: brian powell; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode
brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> wrote:
> * Thanks, Nick--I have been pursuing that idea--maybe just extract the regexp, sed/grep etc.
>
> ** But I was just thinking maybe there is a simple way to capture the pop up "LINK:
> file:foo.txt balloon" as you put it--into a file or fifo.
>
> *** Then all sorts of things could be done with it--I'm thinking maybe OrgMode could be used with
> the lights out/if your blind/screen blinks out---well, OrgMode could be partially used...one could
> pipe it to a text-to-speech program for example---and/or logging where the mouse has been in an
> OrgMode document.
>
I see - afaik, the balloon appears only on the screen and is not logged anywhere.
I certainly don't know of any way to capture it as it happens. It seems to happen
deep in emacs's nether regions (in C code afaict), but I didn't chase it down
too far.
Nick
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
>
> brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > * I know that this will toggle the mouse-highlight "messages that pop-up" when you move a
> mouse over
> > a "LINK: " in OrgMode:
> >
> > (setq mouse-highlight (not mouse-highlight))
> >
> > ** Now, is there a simple way to send the "messages that pop-up" to a file?
> >
>
> They are already in a file: the org file that contains the link.
> A link like this [[file:foo.txt][foo]] pops up a LINK: file:foo.txt
> balloon, so a suitable grep/sed combination suffices.
>
> But I suspect that this is not a satisfactory answer: what exactly are
> you trying to do?
>
> Nick
>
> > *** Maybe to a FIFO?
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Alternatives:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Alternatives:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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