From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: artist-mouse-choose-operation Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: <834opfeq8a.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257873658 6277 80.91.229.12 (10 Nov 2009 17:20:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:20:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Tomas Abrahamsson Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 10 18:20:49 2009 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 1N7uOX-0006yF-2k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:20:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35870 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7uOW-0006B9-BE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7uON-00068Z-JD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7uOF-00061E-Cb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38987 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7uOF-000617-5Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:23 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:49824) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N7uO4-0005X8-FF; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:12 -0500 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id nAAHK9YL018274; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:09 -0500 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BE0733A1DA; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:09 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Tomas Abrahamsson's message of "Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:22:11 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3403=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:116804 Archived-At: >> The function in the Subject calls x-popup-menu, evidently under the >> assumption that if Emacs can use a mouse, it also supports menus. But >> that assumption is false: Emacs configured --without-x can have mouse >> support, e.g. via gpm-mouse, but does not have x-popup-menu. > Yes, I agree this is a bug. Below is a patch for fixing the bug and a > proposal for a ChangeLog entry. Makes me wonder: is it really the only place where this kind of problem shows up? I think not. Maybe we should fix it more globally by making x-popup-menu work on ttys as well (e.g. by using tmm-prompt). Stefan