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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, jared <at> finder.org, 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm
Subject: bug#74833: 31.0.50; Copy to OS clipboard doesn't work in macOS Terminal.app with xterm-mouse-mode enabled
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:58:16 +0200

> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:20:40 -0500
> Cc: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>, 
> 	Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Jared Finder <jared <at> finder.org>, 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I think about it like this: if Terminal.app successfully passed through all its keys (which it can be configured to
> do), Command-C would appear in Emacs as M-c but it doesn't. Does it surprise you that Command-P offers
> the print dialog when Emacs is running in the terminal? This is no different than Command-C. That
> Terminal.app supersedes Emacs is not an Emacs problem, it's Terminal's problem. This feels like
> documentation issue not something to cure with default Emacs configuration.
> 
> Other terminal applications like iTerm or WezTerm can be programmed similarly to pass through all keys
> that you want them to with modifiers, but by default, they don't. These can't be Emacs's problem either.
> Same with Emacs run via ssh with tmux on the other side. That's a "default" set of features offered on many
> systems and their configuration is not Emacs's problem.

I see your points, but the fact remains that our enabling of
xterm-mouse-mode triggered these problems where previously there were
none.

> This issue sounds like an "impedance mismatch" to my ears, even if it surprises some users and requires
> some configuration depending on your specific goals and should perhaps be better documented.

If a default behavior needs documentation to explain it, it is usually
a sign of a not-very-good default, IME.

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