Tool tips for menus did not show any text.

* src/xterm.c (x_update_begin): Don't create any surface for non-visible
tip frames, the geometry may be wrong.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index e41da251ec6..f7941e04280 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
         * xterm.c (handle_one_xevent): Always redraw tool tips on
         MapNotify.  Update tool tip frame sizes on ConfigureNotify.
+        (x_update_begin): Don't create any surface for non-visible
+        tip frames, the geometry may be wrong.
 
 2015-03-31  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c
index 6bd09300c34..f1632f3141d 100644
--- a/src/xterm.c
+++ b/src/xterm.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,10 @@ static void
 x_update_begin (struct frame *f)
 {
 #ifdef USE_CAIRO
+  if (! NILP (tip_frame) && XFRAME (tip_frame) == f
+      && ! FRAME_VISIBLE_P (f))
+    return;
+
   if (! FRAME_CR_SURFACE (f))
     {
       int width, height;