From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:38:40 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16992.9808.647610.767081@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1DMSTn-0000aM-5X@fencepost.gnu.org>
> Because the a selection done with the mouse when xterm-mouse-mode is
> active is not available to X. It is only available to Emacs, so it is
> possible to use the mouse to copy between 2 emacs windows running in
> the same terminal frame, but X know nothing about the selection.
>
> I did not realize it had this disadvantage. It is a serious one.
But, X selection is still available using the shift key.
> I think we should put the default back to off.
Its a question of giving priority to Emacs features or Xterm features. Within
Emacs, the mouse is used more often for Emacs so it seems more natural that
Emacs gets priority there.
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-15 20:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-13 1:41 should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default? Dan Nicolaescu
2005-04-13 2:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-04-13 4:11 ` Miles Bader
2005-04-13 18:31 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-13 18:54 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2005-04-14 19:03 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-14 19:08 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2005-04-14 23:31 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-15 15:11 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-15 20:38 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2005-04-15 21:26 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2005-04-15 21:38 ` Miles Bader
2005-04-16 17:49 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-17 2:21 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-04-17 19:19 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-13 23:23 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-04-14 19:03 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-14 22:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-04-15 1:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-04-15 1:42 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-04-14 7:40 ` Kai Großjohann
2005-04-14 9:31 ` Stephan Stahl
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