Re: display value of links in mini-buffer (was: Re: bug archiving policy)

[Yuri Khan]

On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 18:44, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > However, some modes also put 'help-echo property over text in a
> > buffer: buttons and links in Customize, links in Info, links in Eww,
> > diagnostics in Flymake. All of them would benefit from the behavior
> > you’re asking of Org: display tooltip text in the echo area when point
> > enters text so propertized.
>
> That could be annoying in some modes that have a lot of these
> help-echo properties.  For example, in Dired you will see a lot of
> traffic in the echo-area if the help-echo text at point will be
> displayed there, because point generally moves there between file
> names, each of which has a help-echo on it.

Yes, because the Dired 'help-echo text is pretty useless:

    mouse-1: visit this file in other window

I pretty much live in Dired with ‘dired-hide-details’ turned on most
of the time; it would be great to have the details (size and mode or
symlink target) in the echo area.