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#74833
31.0.50; Copy to OS clipboard doesn't work in macOS Terminal.app with xterm-mouse-mode enabled
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Reported by: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:56:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 31.0.50
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #104 received at 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Jared Finder <jared <at> finder.org>,
>> 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, shipmints <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:30:30 +0100
>>
>> Mouse support by default is an important feature, IMO. It makes the menu
>> bar usable, or in a future Emacs containing tty child frames tooltips
>> can be shown. Not to mention setting point and what else.
>
> I agree that mouse support is an important feature -- if it works well
> and doesn't cause regressions. Here it seems like at least some
> people could see some breakage.
>
> It is easy to turn on xterm-mouse-mode for those who want it and don't
> get anything broken due to it. Turning it on by default is only TRT
> if there are no significant downsides. IOW, we shouldn't force users
> to turn off some feature that is turned on by default because the
> default doesn't work or breaks something.
You left out the part where I said for whom it breaks something :-).
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