Support `select-active-regions' with xterm

This allows Emacs to save the active region to the user's
primary selection on supported terminals.  The behavior follows
the existing `select-active-regions' variable and requires
`xterm-select-active-regions' to be non-nil.

* src/keyboard.c (command_loop_1):
* lisp/frame.el (display-selections-p): On text terminals, check
terminal parameter `xterm--set-selections' and variable
`xterm-select-active-regions' when deciding whether to update
primary selection. (bug#55883)
* lisp/term/xterm.el (xterm-select-active-regions): New
defcustom.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 761f2369252df9bcffdeac14a608efcc84c2de96..f195a721f4d07d1e65b084b6dfe2c75e790b8247 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -506,6 +506,12 @@ This is in addition to previously-supported ways of discovering 24-bit
 color support: either via the "RGB" or "setf24" capabilities, or if
 the 'COLORTERM' environment variable is set to the value "truecolor".
 
+*** Select active regions with xterm selection support.
+On terminals with xterm setSelection support, the active region may be
+saved to the X primary selection, following the
+'select-active-regions' variable.  This support is enabled with
+'xterm-select-active-regions'.
+
 ** ERT
 
 +++

diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 27f99fb7d218323a85472a2981e2886651f80a3c..35863c013507bca587420e3263be0fc7807cdc58 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -2149,6 +2149,9 @@ frame's display)."
 (defalias 'display-multi-frame-p #'display-graphic-p)
 (defalias 'display-multi-font-p #'display-graphic-p)
 
+;; From term/xterm.el
+(defvar xterm-select-active-regions)
+
 (defun display-selections-p (&optional display)
   "Return non-nil if DISPLAY supports selections.
 A selection is a way to transfer text or other data between programs
@@ -2164,6 +2167,9 @@ frame's display)."
        (not (null dos-windows-version))))
      ((memq frame-type '(x w32 ns pgtk))
       t)
+     ((and xterm-select-active-regions
+           (terminal-parameter nil 'xterm--set-selection))
+      t)
      (t
       nil))))
 

diff --git a/lisp/term/xterm.el b/lisp/term/xterm.el
index a7e257f41c54e5baca22bdf6cd9baa64899ecc2a..0791780d406539c966a6c9426a5d065159df9d3b 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/term/xterm.el
+++ b/lisp/term/xterm.el
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ capabilities, and only when that terminal understands bracketed paste."
   :version "28.1"
   :type 'boolean)
 
+(defcustom xterm-select-active-regions nil
+  "If non-nil, update PRIMARY X selection on text-mode frames.
+On a text-mode terminal that supports setSelection command, if
+this variable is non-nil, Emacs will set the PRIMARY selection
+from the active region, according to `select-active-regions'."
+  :version "29.1"
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defconst xterm-paste-ending-sequence "\e[201~"
   "Characters sent by the terminal to end a bracketed paste.")
 

diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 60ff8f5ea6a3897ec5e968c6a1103286f5519a8e..cd92cf8d4acc66fa1133f8d2eff7391c42b6c375 100644 (file)
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -1567,9 +1567,15 @@ command_loop_1 (void)
            call0 (Qdeactivate_mark);
          else
            {
+             Lisp_Object symval;
              /* Even if not deactivating the mark, set PRIMARY if
                 `select-active-regions' is non-nil.  */
-             if (!NILP (Fwindow_system (Qnil))
+             if ((!NILP (Fwindow_system (Qnil))
+                  || ((symval =
+                       find_symbol_value (Qxterm_select_active_regions),
+                       (!EQ (symval, Qunbound) && !NILP (symval)))
+                      && !NILP (Fterminal_parameter (Qnil,
+                                                     Qxterm__set_selection))))
                  /* Even if mark_active is non-nil, the actual buffer
                     marker may not have been set yet (Bug#7044).  */
                  && XMARKER (BVAR (current_buffer, mark))->buffer
@@ -12163,6 +12169,8 @@ syms_of_keyboard (void)
   DEFSYM (Qpolling_period, "polling-period");
 
   DEFSYM (Qgui_set_selection, "gui-set-selection");
+  DEFSYM (Qxterm__set_selection, "xterm--set-selection");
+  DEFSYM (Qxterm_select_active_regions, "xterm-select-active-regions");
 
   /* The primary selection.  */
   DEFSYM (QPRIMARY, "PRIMARY");