From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 17:22:29 +1200 Message-ID: <16983.26261.987024.218940@farnswood.snap.net.nz> References: <200504020351.j323ppS16391@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <16974.11752.332998.125628@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <200504021346.j32Dk3e19471@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <16978.12100.857894.861739@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <200504060000.j3600bm15264@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <16979.20638.871209.55398@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <200504070045.j370j0J27252@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <16981.58243.428189.615765@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <200504081605.j38G5ia15320@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <16982.64939.154130.463783@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <200504090406.j3946HQ22712@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113027262 13465 80.91.229.2 (9 Apr 2005 06:14:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:14:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 09 08:14:19 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK9Du-0007ln-8L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 08:13:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK8nY-0001Sg-28 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:46:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DK8kz-0008LG-S6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:43:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DK8kx-0008K9-JP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:43:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK8kn-0007qF-W5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:43:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DK8vO-0006fl-Ut; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:54:31 -0400 Original-Received: from farnswood.snap.net.nz (p24-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.24]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 063954AC1B4; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 17:53:25 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by farnswood.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 501) id D0F9462A99; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:22:30 +0100 (BST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200504090406.j3946HQ22712@raven.dms.auburn.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.11 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35794 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35794 > The following patches enable xterm-mouse-mode by default in xterm type > terminals, document this in the Emacs manual (I would also document it > in the NEWS) and fix the Custom related bug for tooltip-mode. > > I can install if desired. You don't explain the reasoning behind loading xt-mouse in loadup.el. I imagine it doesn't get used very often and I thought Richard said it should be loaded/enabled in lisp/term/xterm.el. This would also address Andreas' point about xterm-like terminal descriptions with different names: > (while (and term > (not (load (concat term-file-prefix term) t t))) > ;; Strip off last hyphen and what follows, then try again > (setq term > (if (setq hyphend (string-match "[-_][^-_]+$" term)) > (substring term 0 hyphend) > nil))) (excerpt from startup.el) Also is it necessary to explain explicitly in the manual how to turn each mode off? Nick