On 28 June 2015 at 17:47, Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running f22 with MATE desktop and GNOME3 desktop. I'm seeing > different strategies selecting text in gnome-terminal and mate-terminal: > > Suppose there is a line containing the text > "sy-2015-06-13_08:21:23-4.0.5-300-F22" in both terminals. Double > clicking in the gnome-terminal on "sy-2015-06-13_08:21:23-4.0.5-300-F22" > selects only "sy-2015-06-13_08" (stopping at first ":"), but in > mate-terminal the same double click will select the complete text > "sy-2015-06-13_08:21:23-4.0.5-300-F22". > > I don't understand the different strategies. > Open mate-terminal -> Edit -> Profile Preferences -> General, now look at the "Select-by-word characters" setting, you'll most likely find ":" included there. gnome-terminal had an option like that in F21 but it was removed in recent releases of gnome-terminal i.e. the version in F22. You can make the behaviour similar to mate-terminal by using this workaround: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730632#c33 (Have a look at the whole bug report for more details/info). -- Ahmad Samir -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org