From b821d05d828aec6ac6c070f00c9115f27f62f9c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:58:46 -0400
Subject: Limit word highlighting to single words.

---
 core/ui.lua | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'core')

diff --git a/core/ui.lua b/core/ui.lua
index 5ee4fbd1..e7e608de 100644
--- a/core/ui.lua
+++ b/core/ui.lua
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ end, 1)
 events_connect(events.UPDATE_UI, function(updated)
   if updated and updated & buffer.UPDATE_SELECTION > 0 and
      ui.highlight_words and not buffer.selection_empty and
-     buffer:is_range_word(buffer.selection_start, buffer.selection_end) then
+     buffer:is_range_word(buffer.selection_start, buffer.selection_end) and
+     buffer:get_sel_text():find('^%S+$') then
     clear_highlighted_words()
     local word = buffer:text_range(buffer.selection_start, buffer.selection_end)
     buffer.search_flags = buffer.FIND_MATCHCASE | buffer.FIND_WHOLEWORD
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