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: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default? Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:38:40 +1200 Message-ID: <16992.9808.647610.767081@farnswood.snap.net.nz> References: <200504130141.j3D1fpAH016515@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> <200504131854.j3DIsWAH021282@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> <200504141908.j3EJ8sAH015866@scanner2.ics.uci.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 1113597517 8919 80.91.229.2 (15 Apr 2005 20:38:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 15 22:38:34 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMXZT-0004Ip-36 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:37:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMXd2-0003m7-64 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:41:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMXce-0003jq-Ua for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMXcX-0003gH-9a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:40:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMXcX-0003fF-5W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:40:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DMXbN-0008Tm-Da; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:39:45 -0400 Original-Received: from farnswood.snap.net.nz (p229-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.229]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F294AD6CE; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:38:47 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by farnswood.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 501) id 64FBA62A99; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:38:41 +0100 (BST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.13 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:36031 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36031 > 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