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: Post-22.1 development? Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:35:25 +1200 Message-ID: <18021.55069.274453.482244@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <878xb05ras.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <856463sehn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <466481AF.5050507@gnu.org> <873b16crgw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181079353 25374 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2007 21:35:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 21:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Jason Rumney To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 05 23:35:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hvggr-0006s6-Ek for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:35:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvggq-0006gF-OC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:35:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvggn-0006g0-8E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:35:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvggj-0006fe-U9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:35:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvggj-0006fa-NX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:35:37 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hvggh-0002Ak-H2; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (137.63.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.63.137]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142C93D90DE; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:35:33 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 072FC8F9CE; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:35:25 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: <873b16crgw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.50.10 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:72296 Archived-At: > I've gone ahead and merged several straightforward bugfixes from the > trunk into the branch. I also drew up a list of the remaining > differences between the trunk and branch. Could people chime in about > whether these should make their way into the branch? >.. > 2007-06-03 Nick Roberts [Terminal mouse enhancements] > .... xt-mouse.el, t-mouse.el, keyboard.c, ... The change to xt-mouse.el is insignificant but I'd prefer the other changes (use of Gpm for console based mouse functionality) are not merged yet. I think generally it's a good change, and I don't really want to shoot my own changes down, but here are a few reasons: 1) The menubar doesn't currently work 2) The function set-mouse-position doesn't work. I think that in DOS, the kernel has a notion of where the mouse pointer is but that that isn't the case in Linux. The pointer position seems to be stored in Gpm and AFAICS the API doesn't allow you to change it. Also I would like to see the following: 1) DOS-like menubar functionality (as already discussed) 2) Functionality extended to work on an xterm. I notice that midnight commander and aptitude can do this, although the latter doesn't appear to be linked with Gpm. So it's kind of a work in progress. If anyone feels that they can help with it, please do. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob