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Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?


From: Miles Bader
Subject: Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:38:45 +0900

On 4/16/05, Nick Roberts <address@hidden> wrote:
> Its a question of giving priority to Emacs features or Xterm features. Within
> Emacs, the mouse is used more often for Emacs so it seems more natural that
> Emacs gets priority there.

This is _very_ dependent on your style of editing.  I've tried
xterm-mouse-mode on and off, and I find I prefer "off", largely for
the reasons stated in this thread [the default xterm "interapp
cut-n-paste" behavior is more useful; the xterm-mouse-mode behavior
generally quite clunky feeling, esp. the lack of region dragging].

I might feel differently If it were possible to have a sort of
"clicks-only" half-xterm-mouse-mode, or to fix the misfeatures of the
current "full" mouse-mode [e.g., get drag events for region dragging;
contact X server for cut-n-paste even in -nw mode] -- but neither
seems practical, because they would require changes in xterm (and a
fair amount of effort to implement for uncertain gain).

-Miles
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