Re: 23.0.60; Error in xterm-mouse-event

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Leo <address@hidden> writes:

  > On 2008-02-15 14:41 +0000, Leo wrote:
  > >      i.   using putty in WinXP to ssh to Fedora GNU/Linux
  > >      ii.  run emacs in it
  > >      iii. enable xterm-mouse-mode and mouse-wheel-mode
  > >      iv.  use the mouse to scroll down in putty
  > >
  > > ,----[ error when scroll down ]
  > > | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p 
nil)
  > > |   +(1 nil)
  > > |   (format "mouse-%d" (+ 1 xterm-mouse-last))
  > > |   (cond ((>= type 64) (format "mouse-%d" ...)) ((memq type ...) (setq 
xterm-mouse-last type) (format "M-down-mouse-%d" ...)) ((= type 11) (format 
"mouse-%d" ...)) ((= type 3) (format "mouse-%d" ...)) (t (setq xterm-mouse-last 
type) (format "down-mouse-%d" ...)))
  > > |   (intern (cond (... ...) (... ... ...) (... ...) (... ...) (t ... 
...)))
  > > |   (let* ((type ...) (x ...) (y ...) (timestamp ...) (mouse ...) (w ...) 
(ltrb ...) (left ...) (top ...)) (set-terminal-parameter nil (quote 
xterm-mouse-x) x) (set-terminal-parameter nil (quote xterm-mouse-y) y) (setq 
last-input-event (list mouse ...)))
  > > |   xterm-mouse-event()
  > > |   byte-code("Æ=ƒ.Ç.‚.ƒ.Ç.ÈÉ!ˆÇ.Ê 
address@hidden@address@hidden"address@hidden"‰.„a.Ð Ñ=ƒ].Ð Ò=ƒ].Ð 
Ó=„a.ÔÕ!ˆ.ƒj.‚l.Ê ‰. address@hidden@.\".Ö>ƒž.\"9ƒ—.\":ƒ—.Ì.\".!D. \"‚í.Ì. 
!‚í..\"=ƒ¬. 
C‚Æ.×.!D.9ƒº.Ø‚Å.ÙÚÛ\nT\"!.!ED.#.$ƒÔ.Ü.#.$\"ˆ.9ƒê..:ƒê.Ì..D\"‚í.Ì!.\n‡" 
[transient-mark-mode mark-active xterm-mouse-last down down-command down-data 
lambda nil run-hooks deactivate-mark-hook xterm-mouse-event key-binding vector 
string-match "^mouse" symbol-name read-char 27 91 77 error "Unexpected escape 
sequence from XTerm" (nil ignore) mouse-movement 0 intern format 
"drag-mouse-%d" print down-where down-binding is-click click click-data 
click-where unread-command-events xterm-mouse-debug-buffer] 6)
  > > |   xterm-mouse-translate(nil)
  > > `----
  > 
  > As requested by RMS, I am sending a reminder about this bug.

It works fine for me in an xterm.
That seems to point to the fact that putty does imitate xterm well
enough (surprise, surprise, nothing really does).