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Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group
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Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:21:35 +1200 |
> I'm not sure what should be done for customize though. Luc?
>
> I could handle that. However, I really start to doubt that enabling
> xterm-mouse-mode by default in all terminals for which we believe it
> makes sense is a good idea. As we have seen, Xterm Mouse mode has a
> very imperfect and unpredictable implementation.
Well it may imperfect but its certainly predictable, once you've used it a few
times.
> It is basically impossible to know whether a given type of mouse click is
> going to be handled by Emacs or by the terminal without trying it out first
> (or very carefully studying the code first). That is why the Emacs manual
> would have to tell people who get frustrated by all of this
> unpredictability how to disable the mode.
I think you exaggerate the frustration it will cause. The user can quickly
find its limits.
> Also the heuristic we use to decide when to enable xterm-mouse-mode might
> miss some terminal types for which it works. People using these terminals
> would still have to know which function or variable to use to enable it
> themselves.
That heuristic is aready used in startup.el so it must be pretty good. If
there are cases that aren't covered, hopefully they'll come up in the pretest.
> I would say, let us keep the mode disabled by default. If we want to
> go through with enabling it by default, I will take care of the Custom
> problems.
I say let's enable it by default, I think Richard has already decided this.
Single mouse clicks work on the modeline and eleswhere now. I certainly think
most users would use it by preference.
Nick
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, (continued)
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Nick Roberts, 2005/04/07
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/08
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/08
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Nick Roberts, 2005/04/08
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/08
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/08
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Nick Roberts, 2005/04/09
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/04/09
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Nick Roberts, 2005/04/09
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/09
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group,
Nick Roberts <=
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/09
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/09
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/04/10
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/10
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Stefan Monnier, 2005/04/10
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/10
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Nick Roberts, 2005/04/10
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/04/10
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, Richard Stallman, 2005/04/13
- Re: `xterm-mouse-mode' has a bogus Custom group, David Kastrup, 2005/04/13