What defines word DELIMITER characters in XP?

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I have two XP PCs that behave differently when navigating through text
with the keyboard.

On one PC the "-" (dash) character is interpreted as a word delimiter
and so it would take two ctrl-lefts or rights to skip past the char
sequence "one-word".

On the other system the dash is assumed to be part of the word and it
only requires one ctrl-left/right to hop over it.

I prefer the 2nd behavior. And the 1st PC used to behave that way and
has only changed recently (but I don't remember what made it change).

Presumably this can be configured somewhere.

Does anyone know how?

MTIA.
 
I assume you're talking about a word processor. Which one?
Best to post your question in that processor's newsgroup.
 
I assume you're talking about a word processor. Which one?
Best to post your question in that processor's newsgroup.
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No. I am talking about Windows Explorer, Notepad, or any program
calling (presumably) standard windows components allowing you to enter
data.

That's why it's so strange! And it's why I'm asking here. There must
be some way of defining/configuring those delimiter characters if the
same identical software behaves two different ways on two different
machines.
 
SteveL said:
No. I am talking about Windows Explorer, Notepad, or any program
calling (presumably) standard windows components allowing you to enter
data.

That's why it's so strange! And it's why I'm asking here. There must
be some way of defining/configuring those delimiter characters if the
same identical software behaves two different ways on two different
machines.
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I would compare these registry entries on the two machines:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
 
It really depends on the program.

Many programs use a space character as the delimiter (ASCII 0x20).

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