maryatthelake wrote: > I am using voice recognition software (Dragon Naturally Speaking) with the > bash shell. I have a command that double clicks on a filename then copies it > and does a cd to it on the command line. Of course, the command doesn't > work when there is a space in the filename (Windows XP). I would like to > just place the cursor on the filename and be able to select the entire name > using double click or some other combination of mouse or keyboard commands.
What is selected upon a double-click is a feature of your terminal emulator. Usually the terminal has a list of characters that are part of the word-set. All of the continuous characters in the word set are selected together. Usually the word set can be modified. Frequently I have seen people add or subtract underscores and such to make customizations. But adding a space is a problem because then where would the selection stop? A space tends to grab too much. > Dragging the cursor from the beginning of the filename to the end is not > acceptable. Can someone help? This is not related to bash so bug-bash is not a good place to try to figure it out. And a problem describing the configuration is that every terminal emulator may be quite different. For example xterm, rxvt, gnome-terminal, konsole, etc. all may be different in how to configure this. You would need to research this with your terminal emulator. > Is there a way to tell the bash shell that the spaces inside a > filename can be picked up by the doublelick or some other key > command? No. This is not controlled by bash. This is from the terminal emulator. Good luck! Bob
