word-select surprise

[Andrew Parsloe]

On 19/09/2022 10:19 am, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 17/09/2022 à 01:09, Andrew Parsloe a écrit :
>> 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.
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Indeed, selectWord does not really consider pre-existing selection.
>
> Easy solution : reset selection before selecting word
> More difficult one: extend current selection up to word boundaries.
>
> I do not know which one is the most useful. What would you expect if 
> the original selection spans more that one word?
>
> JMarc

For my particular command sequence, I changed it to repeat word-select, 
which I suppose is your easy solution: the first word-select resets the 
selection, the second then selects the word.

For a pre-existing selection spanning a blank between words I think your 
more difficult solution is the intuitive behaviour: expand back to the 
beginning of the first word and forward to the end of the second word. 
Currently, it does just the second part. (Repeating word-select doesn't 
work in this case.)

Andrew