[vox-tech] modifying mouse selection behavior under X

[Shawn P. Neugebauer]

generally, selection behavior is application-specific.  for example, given
"Z = 2.96688494e+05" in a Konsole, a double-click selects "2.96688494e";
in a KDE compose window, a double-click selects "2.96688494e+05".  
it's unlikely you would be able to significantly modify this behavior in your
applications-of-interest without substantial coding work.

shawn.

On Tuesday 09 April 2002 12:28 pm, you wrote:
> is there a way to modify the selection behavior of the mouse under X?
>
> for instance, in this line:
>
> Z = 2.96688494e+05
>
> by double clicking, i can select "96688494e".  by triple clicking i get
> the entire line of the xterm.  it's more useful for me for the selection
> to be based on spaces rather than punctuation.
>
> is there a way to modify X's mouse behavior so that a double click will
> select the whole number  "2.96688494e+05"?
>
> also, IP numbers have the same problem:
>
> nameserver 192.168.0.1
>
> it would be nice to be able to select a whole IP number rather than just
> a quad (or a period depending on where you click).
>
> pete
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