Re: mouse click on menu in terminal doesn't work

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:49:07 -0400
> From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
> 
> I'm using Emacs 24.5 from OS X Homebrew in iTerm2.
> 
> I start
> 
>     emacs -q
> 
> then run
> 
>     (xterm-mouse-mode 1)
> 
> in the scratch buffer.  Then I can use the mouse to click around in the
> buffer and the mouse moves.  If I split the frame, I can also click to
> switch between windows.  So Emacs can clearly see my mouse clicks.
> 
> The NEWS for Emacs 24.4 contain this item:
> 
> > ** Support for menus on text-mode terminals.
> > If the terminal supports a mouse, clicking on the menu bar, or on
> > sensitive portions of the mode line or header line, will drop down the
> > menu defined at that position.
> 
> My understanding of this is that if I click on say "File" in the menu,
> that menu opens, just like if I press F10.  But what instead happens is
> that I get a *Completions* buffer in a split frame.  (I suppose this is
> from the function tmm-menubar.)
> 
> Any idea why this doesn't work?

Because xterm-mouse-mode wasn't yet made to support this feature.  You
need a GPM mouse or something similar.