[StrongED] Re: Bubblehelp conflict

[Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx>]

In article <bfcdce9460d469cdcf011df81dd42c31@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Jeremy Nicoll - ml sed <jn.ml.sed45@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2017-09-13 13:11, Tim Hill wrote:

> > I may have missed something: what does BH do that H doesn't?

> I don't know, precisely, especially if H has been improved over the
> years, 

Yes. The interactive help appears at the pointer in a drop-shadow box but
is still just on/off with a click on its iconbar icon.

> and I used to use !Float.  The latter's webpage says right at
> the start that Float produced pop-up help that followed the mouse
> pointer around the screen unlike H's pane which was in a fixed
> position.

Many years ago.

> I assume BH was similar to Float in that respect but had a
> speech-bubble-shaped pane as well?

I stopped using BH long ago. Probably on the Risc PC?

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Tim Hill

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