[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#652999: Bug#652999: xfce4-terminal: please add a way to disable (redefine?) middle click running mailto:

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On jeu., 2011-12-22 at 23:06 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:59:23PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > On jeu., 2011-12-22 at 22:54 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:40:54PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > > > On jeu., 2011-12-22 at 18:01 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > > > > It'd be great if there was a way to disable this misfeature.
> > > > 
> > > > Try MiscHighlightUrls=False in ~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc
> > > > (file:///usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal/C/advanced.html#hidden-options)
> > > 
> > > Oh, interesting.  Its name made me think it's merely about display.
> > > 
> > > However, turning that option off disables not only middle click, but also
> > > the right click menu.  And that's a bad loss of functionality, since being
> > > able to click on URLs is pretty damn useful.
> > > 
> > > It would be good to separate these two.  Middle click is something that
> > > interferes with paste, right click has a menu where having extra options
> > > costs about nothing.
> > > 
> > 
> > I honestly don't think that's needed, but will report that upstream,
> > when back from [VAC] (or if any other team member does it meanwhile).
> 
> Coding wise, it appears to be a trivial change: in
> terminal/terminal-widget.c terminal_widget_button_press_event(), on a middle
> click, if the hidden setting is false, it would proceed to paste.
> 
> Would a patch of this kind be accepted?

Upstream? No idea. And I wouldn't include it on Debian if it was
rejected upstream. I don't question the patch simplicity, but more the
option adding. You already have a setting to manage that, adding one
more just makes the code less readable. But anyway, that's upstream
call :)

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis Perez
ANSSI/ACE/LAM
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