Thanks; I can reproduce this on master. Calling word-at-point on "2" shows the same problem (it doesn't include "1"). The problem seems to be a custom syntax-table property that cperl-mode puts on "1". Clément. On 2016-07-28 20:05, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > 1. Under X Window (so that Emacs uses its own interface), open > a file containing: > > # -*- mode: cperl -*- > > tr/ABCDE/12345/; > > 2. Double-click over "4". > > Only "2345" is selected, instead of "12345". > > > > In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.20.3) > of 2016-05-07 on zira, modified by Debian > Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11804000 > System Description: Debian GNU/Linux stable-updates (sid) > > Configured using: > `configure --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr > --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib > --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info > --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes > --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp > --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib > --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib > --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes > --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp > --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars > 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat > -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time > -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro' > > Important settings: > value of $LC_COLLATE: POSIX > value of $LC_CTYPE: en_US.UTF-8 > value of $LC_TIME: en_DK > value of $LANG: POSIX > locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix > > Major mode: Lisp Interaction > > Minor modes in effect: > display-time-mode: t > show-paren-mode: t > tooltip-mode: t > electric-indent-mode: t > mouse-wheel-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t > blink-cursor-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > column-number-mode: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Recent messages: > Loading cjk-enc...done > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50latex-cjk-common.el (source)...done > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50latex-cjk-thai.el (source)...done > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...done > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...done > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50rnc-mode.el (source)...done > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50texlive-lang-english.el (source)...done > Loading /home/vinc17/share/emacs/site-lisp/mutteditor.el (source)...done > Loading time...done > For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. > > Load-path shadows: > /usr/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp/debian-startup hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup > /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/cmake-data/cmake-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cmake-mode > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst hides /usr/share/emacs/24.5/lisp/textmodes/rst > /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/latex-cjk-thai/thai-word hides /usr/share/emacs/24.5/lisp/language/thai-word > > Features: > (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr warnings emacsbug message format-spec > rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse > rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 > ietf-drums mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr mail-utils time cus-start > cus-load paren cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs edmacro > kmacro cl-loaddefs cl-lib time-date tooltip electric uniquify ediff-hook > vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image > regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode prog-mode register > page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock > font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang > misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew > greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese > case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer nadvice > loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay > sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget > hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind > gfilenotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting > move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) > > Memory information: > ((conses 16 92575 4671) > (symbols 48 20397 0) > (miscs 40 45 93) > (strings 32 16037 4299) > (string-bytes 1 472568) > (vectors 16 10305) > (vector-slots 8 396942 4282) > (floats 8 70 229) > (intervals 56 231 6) > (buffers 960 12) > (heap 1024 37269 984)) > > > >