1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index e19cefd..3cd7831 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ bpress(XEvent *e) {
 
 void
 selcopy(void) {
-        char *str, *ptr, *p;
+        char *str, *ptr;
         int x, y, bufsize, is_selected = 0, size;
         Glyph *gp;
 
@@ -693,11 +693,12 @@ selcopy(void) {
                         for(x = 0; x < term.col; x++) {
                                 gp = &term.line[y][x];
 
-                                if(!(is_selected = selected(x, y)))
+                                if(!(is_selected = selected(x, y))
+                                                || !(gp->state & GLYPH_SET)) {
                                         continue;
-                                p = (gp->state & GLYPH_SET) ? gp->c : " ";
-                                size = utf8size(p);
-                                memcpy(ptr, p, size);
+                                }
+                                size = utf8size(gp->c);
+                                memcpy(ptr, gp->c, size);
                                 ptr += size;
                         }
                         /* \n at the end of every selected line except for the last one */