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Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default? |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:31:09 -0400 |
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.
- should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Dan Nicolaescu, 2005/04/12
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/12
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Miles Bader, 2005/04/12
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Dan Nicolaescu, 2005/04/13
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/14
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Dan Nicolaescu, 2005/04/14
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, David Kastrup, 2005/04/14
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/15
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Nick Roberts, 2005/04/15
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Dan Nicolaescu, 2005/04/15
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Miles Bader, 2005/04/15
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/16
- Re: should xterm-mouse-mode be on by default?, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/16