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

From: Jared Finder <jared <at> finder.org>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
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: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:16:16 -0800
On 2024-12-15 19:40, Gerd Möllmann wrote:
> 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.

Thanks. I just tested xclip-mode from Elpa and it indeed works to get 
copy operations work with Terminal.app. I think the best path forward 
would be to just mention this package in the NEWS update as a workaround 
for folks using Terminal.app. We could also recommend using iTerm2 as a 
GPL'd alternative that properly supports copy. (Paste works fine because 
Terminal.app supports xterm bracketed pastes.)

Eli, does this sound good to you?

  -- MJF




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