David DeSimone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 27 Oct 1999:
> > What's your opinion?
>
> Please have the code written up and bug-tested by this weekend. :)
I'd be more gracious and give the guy until the NEXT week's end for
bugtesting. But an initial code version for this weekend is indeed
appropriate. :-)
> On a more serious note: Mouse-clicks already have a defined meaning
> within xterm: They are used for cutting, selecting, and pasting text!
> So how is your xterm supposed to know when you're clicking in order to
> select some text, or clicking in order to pass the information to the
> inner program, Mutt, so that it can search for a URL to go to?
I have no idea how xterm is supposed to know this, but apparently it's
still a supported feature. I know because lynx does this (version
2.8.1rel.2). I find it actually very annoying when I can't copy/paste
to/from an xterm window running lynx! Though I suppose it does make
selecting links a bit easier... But if I wanted point-and-click, I'd
be using Netscape. Anyway, the moment I quit lynx, the xterm reverts
to the normal mouse behaviour.
Hmm, yes, lynx seems to be compiled with slang. And the mouse events
get captured even when the lynx session is via ssh to another system,
in a locally started xterm.
> In the old, old days of Mutt, it supported mouse-clicks, not for URL's,
> but for simple message navigation. Most everyone hated it. It was
> removed. Basically, people realized that they wanted the cut-n-paste
> functionality a lot more than they wanted the point-n-click functionality.
I agree. I wonder if it would be possible to have this turned on/off
with a variable though, that would let those who want it enable it, and
those who hate it keep it off? And of course, play weird tricks like
having copy/paste enabled only for some folders or recipients. :-)
Mikko,
who definitely wants to keep the current xterm copy/paste functionality
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