From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default? Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:21:29 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200504170221.j3H2LTs20980@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200504130141.j3D1fpAH016515@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> <200504131854.j3DIsWAH021282@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> <200504141908.j3EJ8sAH015866@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> <16992.9808.647610.767081@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113704688 6899 80.91.229.2 (17 Apr 2005 02:24:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, dann@ics.uci.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 17 04:24:44 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMzSg-0006gg-BV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:24:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMzWV-0003AF-0o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:28:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMzW8-00035C-8n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:28:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMzW0-0002zY-IN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:28:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMzW0-0002zV-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:28:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DMzSe-0002o8-Cv; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3H2NG9N005969; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:23:17 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j3H2LTs20980; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:21:29 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:49:04 -0400) 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:36048 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36048 Richard Stallman wrote: 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. It is a big incompatibility with usual xterm functionality, and it isn't very compatible with non-xterm Emacs functionality. That's too problematical to be on by default. Shall I go ahead and undo the part of my changes that enabled it by default? Sincerely, Luc.