nucleus: more pros and cons

[ardour-manual-diverged] / _manual / 04_ardours-interface / 02_basic-gui-operations / 04_tooltips.html

diff --git a/_manual/04_ardours-interface/02_basic-gui-operations/04_tooltips.html b/_manual/04_ardours-interface/02_basic-gui-operations/04_tooltips.html
index 7d52b150b253a8b8de3727b757d5599c05f1ebda..45699cd073a07e24061857d8e6ed2589ccd573a6 100644 (file)
--- a/_manual/04_ardours-interface/02_basic-gui-operations/04_tooltips.html
+++ b/_manual/04_ardours-interface/02_basic-gui-operations/04_tooltips.html
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@ layout: default
 title: Tooltips
 ---                        
 
-
-  
-  <p>By default, Ardour will often show helpful information about the purpose and use of most GUI control (buttons etc.) if you position the pointer over the GUI control and leave it there momentarily. These can be a good way to discover the purpose of many aspects of the GUI.</p>
-<p>This can be distracting for experienced users, who may opt to disable it via <code>Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI &gt; Show tooltip if mouse hovers over a control</code>.</p>
+<p>
+  By default, Ardour will show helpful <dfn>tooltips</dfn> about
+  the purpose and use of each <abbr title="Graphical User
+  Interface">GUI</abbr> element if you position the pointer 
+  over it and hover there for a short while. 
+  These little pop-up messages can be a good way to discover the
+  purpose of many aspects of the GUI.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Pop-ups can be distracting for experienced users, who may opt to
+  disable them via <kbd class="optoff">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI &gt; 
+  Show tooltip if mouse hovers over a control</kbd>.
+</p>