On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:51:13PM -0500, Jameson C. Burt wrote: } I frequently double-click with the left mouse button from a previous } xterm displayed result like } ii cupsys } ii cupsys-bsd } Here, double-clicking "cupsys" highlights the whole word, } but double-clicking "cupsys-bsd" highlights only "cupsys", } since double-clicking sees a word boundary at characters like } - } / } space } As a result, I must left-click and drag my mouse over the word } cupsys-bsd } which is several times slower (perhaps 2 seconds). } HOW CAN I GET DOUBLE-CLICKED WORDS TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING BETWEEN } SPACES; eg, all of "cupsys-bsd" or all of "/var/log/messages"? [...]
Some of us prefer this behavior, but it is configurable. You need to get the following X resource to be noticed by xterm: XTerm*charClass: 0-32:1,33-126:2,127-160:3,161-255:2 There are many ways of going about it, but the simplest is to put it in you ~/.Xdefaults (or maybe it's ~/.Xresources; I forget which is standard these days) and run xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults somewhere in your .xinitrc (or whatever else you use for starting X). Another option is to put it on xterm's commandline: xterm -xrm "XTerm*charClass: 0-32:1,33-126:2,127-160:3,161-255:2" If you want to understand what's going on, read the CHARACTER CLASSES section of the xterm man page. } Jameson C. Burt, NJ9L Fairfax, Virginia, USA --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
