1urxvt-selection(1) RXVT-UNICODE urxvt-selection(1)
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6 selection - more intelligent selection (enabled by default)
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9 This extension tries to be more intelligent when the user extends
10 selections (double-click and further clicks). Right now, it tries to
11 select words, urls and complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very
12 convenient, too, if your ls supports "--quoting-style=shell".
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14 A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further
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17 The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and
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21 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
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25 The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex must
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30 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|
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32 Another example: Programs I use often output "absolute path: " at the
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37 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ^(/[^:]+):\
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39 You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
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45 Rot-13 the selection when activated.
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49 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: selection:rot13
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