Add a setting for enabling or disabling mouse support.

Mouse support is enabled by default. To disable mouse support, set

```
handle_mouse = False
```

in your config file.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
index d99a96e8..d2ee450f 100644
--- a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
+++ b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ themes_dir = string(default=None)
 # name of the theme to use
 theme = string(default=None)
 
+# enable mouse support - mouse tracking will be handled by urwid
+handle_mouse = boolean(default=True)
+
 # headers that get displayed by default
 displayed_headers = force_list(default=list(From,To,Cc,Bcc,Subject))
 
diff --git a/alot/ui.py b/alot/ui.py
index 10d255c3..8b077a7d 100644
--- a/alot/ui.py
+++ b/alot/ui.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class UI(object):
 
         # set up main loop
         self.mainloop = urwid.MainLoop(self.root_widget,
-                                       handle_mouse=True,
+                                       handle_mouse=settings.get('handle_mouse'),
                                        event_loop=urwid.TwistedEventLoop(),
                                        unhandled_input=self._unhandeled_input,
                                        input_filter=self._input_filter)