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

From: Jared Finder <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:16:16 -0800

On 2024-12-15 19:40, Gerd Möllmann wrote:
> Jared Finder <[email-masked]> 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