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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Message #158 received at 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm, 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 jared <at> finder.org, shipmints <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#74833: 31.0.50;
 Copy to OS clipboard doesn't work in macOS Terminal.app with
 xterm-mouse-mode enabled
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 09:46:11 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: jared <at> finder.org, gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, eliz <at> gnu.org,
> 	fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm, 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:49:28 -0500
> 
>   > I took a look at xclip's code, and its scope is larger than just macOS
>   > pasteboard integration. If I volunteered to help adopt xclip into Emacs,
> 
> Merging the application program xclip into Emacs seems like doing
> things the roundabout way.  Doesn't Emacs already have access to the X
> clipboard and selections?  If it doesn't have all the desirable
> features in that area, we can implement the missing ones simply
> like the already-implemened ones.

The xclip package is about allowing Emacs to access the clipboard and
selection from text-only frames.  That is supported on xterm and on
some other text terminals, but not universally.  This package is
supposed to fill the gaps by using external programs.

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