Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
>
> I don't follow the logic. While the failure to implement some mouse
> features is clearly a drawback, why would it be better to implement
> none than to implement some? I don't see it.
The argument is like this: a lot of users ONLY use the mouse in an xterm
to select text and then use mouse-2 to paste it in another
xterm/another application. Not being able to do this makes the mouse
not very useful, and the user would blame emacs for this.
Yes, it is still possible to use shift-mouse to access the normal
xterm copy/paste functionality, but there are few problems with that:
- as Miles said, most users would not know about this
- makes the xterm running emacs behave inconsistently with all
other xterms one might use at the same time
- using the mouse and the keyboard at the same time is not very
convenient
--dan
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