From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:26:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200504152126.j3FLQJAH011909@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16992.9808.647610.767081@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:38:40 +1200")
Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:
> > 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.
Well, that is the problem, that the selection is available _by
default_ only when using the shift key. This makes emacs inconsistent
with the rest of the applications a user normally runs. And it is
inconsistent in one of the very useful (and used) functions.
> > 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.
But the price to pay in inconsistency and inconvenience seems to
big...
--dan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-15 21:26 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
2005-04-15 21:26 ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
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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