--- rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2006/01/05 01:07:31	1.12
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2006/01/06 20:50:58	1.14
@@ -16,17 +16,22 @@
       [ab-zA-Z0-9\-\@;\/?:&=%\$_+!*\x27(),~]   # do not include a trailing dot, its wrong too often
    )}x,
 
+   # common forms of quoting
+   qr{(?:^|\s) [‘`] ([^‘`’']+) [’'] (?:\s|$)}x,
+
    # shell-like argument quoting
    qr{\G [\ \t|&;<>()] *(
       (?:
          [^\\"'\ \t|&;<>()]+
          | \\.
-         | " ([^\\"]+ | \\. )* "
+         | " (?: [^\\"]+ | \\. )* "
          | ' [^']* '
       )+
-   )}xs,
+   )}x,
 );
 
+my $x = "‘hallole’";
+
 sub on_sel_extend {
    my ($self) = @_;