bug#74833: 31.0.50; Copy to OS clipboard doesn't work in macOS Terminal.app with xterm-mouse-mode enabled

[Jared Finder]

On 2024-12-15 19:40, Gerd Möllmann wrote:
> Jared Finder <jared@finder.org> writes:
>
> > What about adding a workaround that uses the command line tool pbcopy
> > (Mac version of xclip)? The pbcopy program is distributed with MacOS
> > by default.
>
> The Elpa package xclip uses that.
>
>   ;; This package allows Emacs to copy to and paste from the GUI 
> clipboard
>   ;; when running in text terminal.
>   ;;
>   ;; It can use external command-line tools for that, which you may 
> need
>   ;; to install in order for the package to work.

Thanks. I just tested xclip-mode from Elpa and it indeed works to get 
copy operations work with Terminal.app. I think the best path forward 
would be to just mention this package in the NEWS update as a workaround 
for folks using Terminal.app. We could also recommend using iTerm2 as a 
GPL'd alternative that properly supports copy. (Paste works fine because 
Terminal.app supports xterm bracketed pastes.)

Eli, does this sound good to you?

  -- MJF