--- rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2006/10/03 11:32:20	1.40
+++ 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,
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@
    my @matches;
 
    if ($markofs < $line->l) {
-      # convert markofs form character to UTF-8 offset space
+      # convert markofs from character to UTF-8 offset space
       {
          my $prefix = substr $text, 0, $markofs;
          utf8::encode $prefix;