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Help on Active Text and Tooltips
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   When a region of text is "active," so that you can select it with
the mouse or a key like `RET', it often has associated help text.
Areas of the mode line are examples.  This help will normally be shown
in the echo area when you move point into the active text.  In a window
system you can display the help text as a "tooltip" (sometimes known as
"balloon help").  Note: Tooltips.