1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index c408ca9..b2e5e22 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -596,14 +596,17 @@ selcopy(void) {
                 /* append every set & selected glyph to the selection */
                 for(y = 0; y < term.row; y++) {
                         for(x = 0; x < term.col; x++) {
-                                is_selected = selected(x, y);
-                                if((term.line[y][x].state & GLYPH_SET) && is_selected) {
-                                        int size = utf8size(term.line[y][x].c);
-                                        memcpy(ptr, term.line[y][x].c, size);
-                                        ptr += size;
-                                }
+                                int size;
+                                char *p;
+                                Glyph *gp = &term.line[y][x];
+
+                                if(!(is_selected = selected(x, y)))
+                                        continue;
+                                p = (gp->state & GLYPH_SET) ? gp->c : " ";
+                                size = utf8size(p);
+                                memcpy(ptr, p, size);
+                                ptr += size;
                         }
-
                         /* \n at the end of every selected line except for the last one */
                         if(is_selected && y < sel.e.y)
                                 *ptr++ = '\n';