Upstream bug report was closed as "RESOLVED WONTFIX" on 2015-02-07 Removing Papercuts task as Ubuntu won't ever carry a patch to offer this additional functionality through subsequent releases of gedit.
** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638503 Title: Gedit word select doesn't include space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/638503/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs