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Re: mouse click on menu in terminal doesn't work
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: mouse click on menu in terminal doesn't work |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Apr 2015 05:45:03 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:49:07 -0400
> From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
>
> I'm using Emacs 24.5 from OS X Homebrew in iTerm2.
>
> I start
>
> emacs -q
>
> then run
>
> (xterm-mouse-mode 1)
>
> in the scratch buffer. Then I can use the mouse to click around in the
> buffer and the mouse moves. If I split the frame, I can also click to
> switch between windows. So Emacs can clearly see my mouse clicks.
>
> The NEWS for Emacs 24.4 contain this item:
>
> > ** Support for menus on text-mode terminals.
> > If the terminal supports a mouse, clicking on the menu bar, or on
> > sensitive portions of the mode line or header line, will drop down the
> > menu defined at that position.
>
> My understanding of this is that if I click on say "File" in the menu,
> that menu opens, just like if I press F10. But what instead happens is
> that I get a *Completions* buffer in a split frame. (I suppose this is
> from the function tmm-menubar.)
>
> Any idea why this doesn't work?
Because xterm-mouse-mode wasn't yet made to support this feature. You
need a GPM mouse or something similar.