On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 08:09:32PM +0200, Daniel wrote: > On 2022-09-18 16:26, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:09:52AM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > > I have a command-sequence that uses word-select prior to using cut. > > > Recently > > > I was surprised to find the content of the *previous* item saved to the > > > clipboard being pasted rather than the expected one. After experimenting, > > > I > > > think an unintuitive cursor positioning is the cause. > > > Suppose your word is abcdefghijk. If the cursor is positioned after the k > > > and you invoke word-select the whole word abcdefghijk is selected. Howeve > > > if > > > you start selecting character by character from the right (Shift + left > > > arrow) and then after a few characters invoke word-select the selection is > > > cancelled, leaving the cursor where it started after the k (meaning the > > > cut > > > operation of my command sequence had nothing to save to the clipboard). > > > In the other direction, with cursor positioned before the a and then > > > (Shift+right arrow) a few characters selected, invoking word-select > > > expands > > > the selection to the whole word. To my mind this is the behaviour I would > > > expect also in the backward direction (as is the case in LibfreOffice). > > > This is in 2.4.0 alpha3 on windows 10. > > > Andrew > > > > Testing the latest master commit, I confirm the behavior you describe > > and I agree it should be improved. > > > > Scott > > > > > > I am not fully sure whether I understood the recipe. But it's the same in > stable (no regression), right?
Yes I believe so. Scott
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