mousewheel in xterm, vim (was: mintty-0.4.0-1)

[David Arnstein <arnstein at panix dot com>]

On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 05:29:21PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
> - The control sequences sent by the mousewheel outside application
> mouse mode have changed. The previous scheme that tied the encoding to
> the "modifier for scrolling with cursor keys" was a bad idea, because
> it meant that the configuration of any program using it had to change
> depending on that setting. The following lines in ~/.lesskey are now
> needed for mousewheel support in less. (Remember to run the lesskey
> command after editing .lesskey)
> 
> \eOa back-line
> \eOb forw-line
> \e[1;2a back-screen
> \e[1;2b forw-screen

This works well and I am pleased to have this feature. This might be
off-topic, but can anyone suggest how to get mousewheel working with
1. X11 xterm windows, while at shell prompt.
2. X11 xterm windows, while in vim.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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