gedit underscore as a word_character

Question

Is it possible to configure gedit to treat the underscore character as a word character?

Currently, it appears that the editor treats "two_words" as two separate words when selecting, instead of a single word as in many other mainstream text editors.

Intriguingly, this is now a standard feature and I'm trying to work out how to disable it... — Wren, Aug 19 '16 at 08:26

Robben_Ford_Fan_boy · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-06T18:35:38.003

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This seems to be an open requested feature (some may say bug!).

However, it looks like someone has created a plugin to resolve:

http://code.google.com/p/gedit-click-config/

edited May 06 '10 at 18:35

answered May 06 '10 at 18:23

Robben_Ford_Fan_boy

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If anything, this is a wish, not a bug. – May 06 '10 at 18:33
a missing essential feature, let's say ;) – Ricky Robinson Apr 02 '14 at 14:10
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I can't get this plugin to work in gedit 3.10. Use https://github.com/rubencaro/gedit_click_regex instead. (Listed here https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ThirdPartyPlugins-v3.8) – Zantier Mar 05 '15 at 09:44
@Zantier How do I install above mentioned plugin? – exAres Aug 14 '17 at 04:06
@Sangram I don't remember. Googling "gedit install plugin" should help you. – Zantier Aug 14 '17 at 15:05

gedit underscore as a word_character

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