Re: GPM and mouse highlight

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:34:05 +0200
> From: Jan Djärv <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> 
> > Suppose we have several TTY devices open in the same Emacs session.
> > Can GPM support mouse highlight on more than a single device in such a
> > session?
> 
> Isn't it Emacs that records and paints hightlights in this case?  GPM only 
> supplies the coordinates and the Emacs decides to highlight.

Yes, on both counts.

> If it is so, then GPM has no problem supporting many terminals.

Thanks.  This means that tracking the highlighted regions with static
variables flies in the face of multi-tty Emacs.  I will therefore move
them to tty_display_info.