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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Package: emacs;

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

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm,
 Ship Mints <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: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:07:05 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:18:47 -0500
>> Cc: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>, 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> It supports a subset of mouse behavior via this user setting:
>> 
>> https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/turn-on-mouse-reporting-trmlc69728a5/2.12/mac/11.0
>
> That doesn't tell enough.  xterm.el and xterm-mouse assume full
> support for the xterm protocols, so partial support could well explain
> why things don't work.
>
> In general, I don't recommend turn on xterm features on terminals
> other than xterm, unless they are faithful emulations of xterm.

There is, for some reason, a checkbox in Terminal.app Settings dialog
with which one can make Terminal.app not send xterm mouse escape
sequences. If it's off when Emacs runs it doesn't get informed about
mouse clicks and so on. So nothing happens.
This bug report was last modified 111 days ago.

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