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From: | Dan Mahoney, System Admin |
Subject: | Re: Mouse support document |
Date: | Mon, 1 Jun 2009 21:24:05 -0400 (EDT) |
User-agent: | Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) |
On Sat, 30 May 2009, Trent W. Buck wrote:
"Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <address@hidden> writes:I'm trying to write a generalized sum-up of which terminal-mode apps support mice and how well, as well as a general summary of how it works and why, since it's been a bit of an enigma to me for a while.As for Emacs, it supports xterm-style mouse input, both with and without screen: xterm -e emacs -nw -f xterm-mouse-mode xterm -e screen emacs -nw -f xterm-mouse-mode GPM only works when NOT using screen. IIRC, openvt -sw -- emacs -f gpm-mouse-start openvt -sw -- screen emacs -f gpm-mouse-start ## BROKEN
I've added these to the doc. I'm curious as to exactly what an app needs to do to support GPM, and if there is a universal method to make gpm appear like an Xmouse, or an xmouse act like gpm.
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