From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default? Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:41:48 -0700 Message-ID: <200504130141.j3D1fpAH016515@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113356473 2974 80.91.229.2 (13 Apr 2005 01:41:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 13 03:41:09 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DLWrv-0007Qe-LE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:40:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DLWSM-0006X7-0u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DLWSC-0006WP-R9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DLWSA-0006UQ-8Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DLWSA-0006U8-4d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [128.195.1.36] (helo=scanner2.ics.uci.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DLWu8-0006K0-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:42:57 -0400 Original-Received: from vino.ics.uci.edu (dann@vino.ics.uci.edu [128.195.11.198]) by scanner2.ics.uci.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3D1fpAH016515 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:41:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 14 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-100, required 5, USER_IN_WHITELIST) 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:35916 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35916 It seems that xterm-mouse-mode is on by default now. xterm-mouse-mode is missing some very useful functionality (at least IMO): - it is not possible to double-click to select a word/line/etc. - it is not possible to select text with the mouse in emacs and then use mouse-2 to paste in another xterm, or emacs. How would you copy text from an emacs running in an ssh session in an xterm? A lot of users use these features, so IMO it is not a good idea to turn on xterm-mouse-mode by default at this point. --dan