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putty URL selection

written by peter, on Sep 2, 2004 1:38:00 PM.

Double-clicking in Putty selects what Putty considers to be a word. However, URLs are not considered words, which is very annoying.

The fix turns out to be simple: in settings > Windows > Selection, assign `:’ (ASCII 58) to class 2.

Don’t forget to save your settings.

Comments

  • to continue that thought, you might want to do the same with “?”, “=” and “&”, and perhaps with “#” as well.

    Comment by macTijn — Sep 25, 2004 9:52:00 PM | # - re

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