[O] Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
* 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?
Re: [O] Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
brian powell briangpowel...@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:
Re: [O] Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
* 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.do...@hp.com wrote: brian powell briangpowel...@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:
Re: [O] Capture the mouse-highlight help-text in a file?
brian powell briangpowel...@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.do...@hp.com wrote: brian powell briangpowel...@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:
