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Bug#347384: xterm: Colon (:) isn't handled as seperator of words with mouse-doubleclick anymore



On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 02:20:20PM +0100, Philipp Kolmann wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 208-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> xterm used to interpret a colon in a word or end of word as next word when
> double-clicking on a word to select it.
> 
> With the new version now in unstable the colon isn't treated as seperator
> anymore and is now marked as well.
> 
> Could you please restore the old behavior if it is possible.

It's a simple change (I was uncertain if I should leave it commented out,
but I've seen regular complaints about not being able to select URLs).

The charClass resource at the end of /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm is the
change, and can be overridden or removed.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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