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Mac OS X: How to change word separator characters?
Wrapping word configuration in mac

I would like : to cause a different selection when text is double clicked.

Eg if in Chrome (beta v9, OSX Snow Leopard) I double click on the text define:superuser, and I click on the superuser part of that line, it should only select superuser, not the whole thing.

I wonder if this can be done!

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Where do you want to change it? Mac OS X system-wide? – Daniel Beck Mar 7 '11 at 10:07
...possible duplicate to this question – Asmus Mar 7 '11 at 15:31
@Asmus that solution does not solve it sadly. – tobeannounced Mar 8 '11 at 10:57
@Daniel don't really mind, as long as Chrome changes. – tobeannounced Mar 8 '11 at 10:57
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closed as exact duplicate by Daniel Beck, Nifle, Sathya♦ Mar 9 '11 at 13:26

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Many applications have their own word break behavior — for example Firefox, TextMate and Terminal. (Not Chrome though!) Often those rules are more similar to English (United States, Computer). That also used to be the default setting before 10.4.

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Thanks, though sadly define:text will still be selected in its entirety. However, define.text is now broken up. – tobeannounced Mar 8 '11 at 10:56
Safari behavior is different depending on whether it's on a web page, a text area, or in the address bar. – Daniel Beck Mar 8 '11 at 20:03
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