microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Allow user customization of the word boundary character classes, ala PuTTY, but better
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Description
### Description of the new feature
Is there any way to switch wt to double-click-select chunk of text consisting of predefined character set, in a conventional way, same as vim (iskeyword) or putty (character classes) do for example? I know the character set I'm working with, and what should make my double-click selection, so I can enumerate it (ascii minus some chars). Otherwise I need to put almost all Unicode table to avoid sporadic UI symbols (like border elements, or file-type icons, etc) being selected as a part of the filename, keyword, variable, url, etc. Sporadically getting these symbols copied is distracting and getting annoying over time. Is this just because I don't understand what is the logic behind taking "word delimiters" approach and not providing all Unicode chars that's not a word as a default value, so I have to maintain my own list of known delimiters I hit by the time? Please explain.
### Proposed technical implementation details
Use "Double-click selection delimiter chars" if it's not empty, and "Double-click selection character set" otherwise.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the existing double-click selection delimiter handling and the related settings or configuration entry points. Compare the proposed precedence between custom delimiter characters and a custom character set, then verify that double-click selection follows the chosen setting without including unwanted symbols.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100