--- rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2006/11/04 22:56:30	1.41
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2007/11/19 09:13:47	1.42
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@
 
 # "find interesting things"-patterns
 my @mark_patterns = (
+   qr{ ([[:word:]]+) }x,
+   qr{ ([^[:space:]]+) }x,
+
    # common types of "parentheses"
-   qr{ (?<![^[:space:]]) ‘ ([^‘’]+) ’ (?![^[:space]]) }x,
-   qr{ (?<![^[:space:]]) ` ([^`']+) ' (?![^[:space]]) }x,
+   qr{ (?<![^[:space:]]) ‘ ([^‘’]+) ’ (?![^[:space:]]) }x,
+   qr{ (?<![^[:space:]]) ` ([^`']+) ' (?![^[:space:]]) }x,
    qr{ (?<![^[:space:]]) (" [^[:space:]] [^"]* ")                 }x,
-   qr{                   (" [^"]* [^[:space:]] ") (?![^[:space]]) }x,
+   qr{                   (" [^"]* [^[:space:]] ") (?![^[:space:]]) }x,
    qr{ \< ([^<>[:space:]]+) \> }x,
    qr{ \{ ([^{}[:space:]]+) \} }x,
    qr{ \[ ([^{}[:space:]]+) \] }x,