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     The Word switch can be used to change the definition of a 'word'.
     The examples below show some useful word definitions.
 
     The following setting works the same way as the default setting,
     except that Pword and Mword stop at the end of a line:
 
          Word:"\\{[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\\!$\\}"
 
     The default setting of the Word switch matches Microsoft C
     identifiers and unsigned integers. To restrict the definition of a
     word to match the ANSI C standard for identifiers, you would use
     the setting:
 
          Word:"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
 
     Another useful setting is to define a word as a contiguous stream
     of nonspace characters:
 
          Word:"[^ \t]+"
 
     The following Word setting defines a word as an identifier or
     unsigned integer, a stream of whitespace, a stream of other
     characters, or the beginning or end of the line. This causes the
     word movement functions to stop at each boundary, and allows a
     double-click to select whitespace.
 
     Word:"\\{[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\\![ ]+\\![^a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\\!$\\!^\\}"
 
     See
 
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