Re: xemacs text-mode and gpm mouse issues
>>>>> "Brian" == Brian May <bam@debian.org> writes:
Brian> This has the following problems: - it is impossible to see what
Brian> text I have highlighted until I release the mouse button.
This is unfortunately impossible without modifications to x?emacs.
There was noise from xemacs team about fixing this (in xemacs) but I
don't know what became of it. Myself I use GNU Emacs.
Brian> - more importantly, it means I can't copy and paste between
Brian> console windows, as everything goes to/from xemacs private
Brian> buffer.
Brian> - I have tried combinations like "shift+mouse" which would work
Brian> in an xterm, but not here :-(
I am not sure how xemacs handles the gpm input. GNU Emacs does it
through a subprocess and an associated Elisp module (t-mouse.el). If
this is the case for xemacs too, the right Alt key (AltGr) should
work.
It is also possible, though, that xemacs already has this
functionality compiled in; that was another thing I remember hearing
from xemacs people. In that case xemacs itself fully controls which
mouse events it grabs, and you'd have to deal with this as with an
xemacs bug.
Brian> Is it possible to use "normal" cut&paste with xemacs? If not,
Brian> then perhaps this is a bug in gpm for not allowing it? Is it
Brian> possible to disable mouse support in xemacs on a console? If
Brian> so how?
Similar answer as above. If it's done with t-mouse, disable it in
your .xemacs or site-lisp/default.el, wherever it is. If it's
compiled in, it's probably a command line option or it can't be
disabled at all.
Ian, who was upstream gpm maintainer for a while.
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