From 4eba98313c6f1ddf1070bea8aaf638e8ea455231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:46:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Start a new selection if outside the existing selection after
 a word has been selected. From Anindya Mukherjee.

---
 window-copy.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/window-copy.c b/window-copy.c
index 8e3f63d1..3e6b3e68 100644
--- a/window-copy.c
+++ b/window-copy.c
@@ -4122,7 +4122,7 @@ window_copy_start_drag(struct client *c, struct mouse_event *m)
 	struct window_pane		*wp;
 	struct window_mode_entry	*wme;
 	struct window_copy_mode_data	*data;
-	u_int				 x, y;
+	u_int				 x, y, yg;
 
 	if (c == NULL)
 		return;
@@ -4143,6 +4143,9 @@ window_copy_start_drag(struct client *c, struct mouse_event *m)
 	c->tty.mouse_drag_release = window_copy_drag_release;
 
 	data = wme->data;
+	yg = screen_hsize(data->backing) + y - data->oy;
+	if (x < data->selrx || x > data->endselrx || yg != data->selry)
+		data->selflag = SEL_CHAR;
 	switch (data->selflag) {
 		case SEL_WORD:
 			if (data->ws) {