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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.840
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.840 (after 7.4.829)
+Problem:    Tooltip window stays open.
+Solution:   Send a WM_CLOSE message. (Jurgen Kramer)
+Files:      src/gui_w32.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.839/src/gui_w32.c	2015-08-25 12:21:23.583957205 +0200
+--- src/gui_w32.c	2015-08-26 23:10:03.847838259 +0200
+***************
+*** 4836,4841 ****
+--- 4836,4842 ----
+  delete_tooltip(beval)
+      BalloonEval	*beval;
+  {
++     PostMessage(beval->balloon, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
+      PostMessage(beval->balloon, WM_DESTROY, 0, 0);
+      PostMessage(beval->balloon, WM_NCDESTROY, 0, 0);
+  }
+*** ../vim-7.4.839/src/version.c	2015-08-26 23:01:16.453676957 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2015-08-26 23:11:28.262906177 +0200
+***************
+*** 743,744 ****
+--- 743,746 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     840,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+A programmer's wife asks him: "Please run to the store and pick up a loaf of
+bread.  If they have eggs, get a dozen".  The programmer comes home with 12
+loafs of bread.
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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+\\\  an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org        ///
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