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master 1f4a0828cc 2/2: ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Explain how to get dropping tex
From: |
Po Lu |
Subject: |
master 1f4a0828cc 2/2: ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Explain how to get dropping text on xterm to work. |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Apr 2022 22:21:11 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 1f4a0828cc3fb93914d2ac12bb93013864730bd9
Author: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Commit: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
; * etc/PROBLEMS: Explain how to get dropping text on xterm to work.
---
etc/PROBLEMS | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 4e4ec6d353..25022cad46 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -1786,6 +1786,21 @@ remote X server, try this:
(setq mouse-highlight nil)
+*** Dropping text on xterm doesn't work.
+
+Emacs sends sythetic button events to legacy clients such as xterm
+that do not support either the XDND or Motif drag-and-drop protocols
+in order to "paste" the text that was dropped. Unfortunately, xterm
+is configured to ignore these events by default. Add the following to
+your X defaults file to avoid the problem:
+
+ XTerm.*.allowSendEvents: True
+
+Note that this can in theory pose a security risk, but in pratice
+modern X servers have so many other ways to send input to clients
+without signifying that the event is synthesized that it does not
+matter.
+
* Runtime problems on character terminals
** The meta key does not work on xterm.