1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 5703e96..ebc9962 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -663,9 +663,9 @@ bpress(XEvent *e) {
 
 void
 selcopy(void) {
-        char *str, *ptr;
+        char *str, *ptr, *p;
         int x, y, bufsize, is_selected = 0, size;
-        Glyph *gp;
+        Glyph *gp, *last;
 
         if(sel.bx == -1) {
                 str = NULL;
@@ -675,15 +675,19 @@ selcopy(void) {
 
                 /* append every set & selected glyph to the selection */
                 for(y = 0; y < term.row; y++) {
-                        for(x = 0; x < term.col; x++) {
-                                gp = &term.line[y][x];
+                        gp = &term.line[y][0];
+                        last = gp + term.col;
 
-                                if(!(is_selected = selected(x, y))
-                                                || !(gp->state & GLYPH_SET)) {
+                        while(--last >= gp && !(last->state & GLYPH_SET))
+                                /* nothing */;
+
+                        for(x = 0; gp <= last; x++, ++gp) {
+                                if(!(is_selected = selected(x, y)))
                                         continue;
-                                }
-                                size = utf8size(gp->c);
-                                memcpy(ptr, gp->c, size);
+
+                                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 */