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From what I understand, I should be able to get mouse scrolling to work in emacs nox mode with the following:

(require 'mouse)
(xterm-mouse-mode t)
(mouse-wheel-mode t)

(global-set-key (kbd "<wheel-up>") '(lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up 1)))
(global-set-key (kbd "<wheel-down>") '(lambda () (interactive) (scroll-down 1)))

But for some reason I'm not getting the or signals. Instead I get this from C-h k:

Wheel up:

mintty - ESC [ M ` X 1-
xterm  - ESC [ M ` ] &-

Wheel down:

mintty - ESC [ M a r --
xterm  - ESC [ M a J /-

If I scroll down more than once I get this:

down-mouse-66-

I'm providing examples between mintty and xterm to show that it does not appear to be limited by the terminal. It might be a Cygwin problem but I'm not sure. I AM getting escape sequences but I'm not sure how to map them. They are.. very strange.

Normally I'd used Ctrl-v in bash for something like this but obviously it just scrolls the window.

My cursor IS moving when I use the scroll wheel with these settings so it is being detected in some form but it's doing strange things I can't quite describe, like moving up several lines then jumping down again, but this may change with the context. Might there be a problem with mouse.el?

I'm not sure what to do with this.

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  • How large is your window? Do the sequences vary based on where the mouse is?
    – Random832
    Oct 7, 2015 at 16:20
  • In my experience, feeding the string that I get out of C-h k right back into the kbd function usually does the right thing. For example (kbd "ESC [ M a r --")
    – nispio
    Jun 3, 2016 at 0:40

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You might use input-decode-map (or function-key-map).

(define-key input-decode-map "\033[M'X1-" (kbd "<wheel-up>"))

In my linux environment, I could bind normal keybind like C-M-g. But, not sure about mouse wheel. (FYI my configuration: https://github.com/yuutayamada/xterm-keybinder-el)

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  • A nice try but no dice. I tried input-decode-map for this and couldn't find a combination that worked. I hadn't tried your suggestion but it only caused junk to be spewed into the buffer when I moved the wheel. I tried different variations of your suggestion as well including \033[MX1-` and \033[M'X1 etc.
    – Zhro
    Aug 7, 2015 at 21:04
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    I am pretty sure it depends upon the type of underlying terminal you are using. For instance in iterm on a mac there are settings under Preferences->Advanced that can change this. But it would more satisfying it it could be set as wholly in emacs as possible.
    – Samantha Atkins
    Oct 31, 2016 at 4:34
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Another attempt. (A variant of yuutayamada's answer)

(define-key key-translation-map "\033[M'X1-" (kbd "<wheel-up>"))
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