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

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Jared Finder <jared <at> finder.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>,
 74833 <at> debbugs.gnu.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: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 04:40:03 +0100

Jared Finder <jared <at> finder.org> 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.
  ;; More specifically, it can use the following tools:
  ;; - Under X11: `xclip' or `xsel' (https://xclip.sourceforge.net and
  ;;   https://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/ respectively).
  ;; - MacOS: `pbpaste/pbcopy'
  ;; - Cygwin: `getclip/putclip'
  ;; - Under Wayland: `wl-clipboard' (https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard)
  ;; - Termux: `termux-clipboard-get/set'
  ;; - Emacs: It can also use Emacs's built-in GUI support to talk to the GUI.
  ;;   This requires an Emacs built with GUI support.
  ;;   It uses `make-frame-on-display' which has been tested to work under X11,
  ;;   but it's not known whether it works under MacOS or Windows.

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