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Expand Up @@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ This will cause `-` and `$` to register as word boundaries, meaning for example
that double-clicking on a letter in `$MyVariable` will not select the `$` and on
the `G` in `Get-Process` will only select `Get` rather than the verb and noun.

Users may also wish to set Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal's word separators (a
separate setting) to exclude `-` to mirror the behavior in the terminal. This will apply
to _all_ terminals, not just PowerShell terminals.

```json
"terminal.integrated.wordSeparators": " ()[]{}',\"`─"
```

## Problems with syntax highlighting

PowerShell syntax highlighting is performed in combintation by the [PowerShell Extension]
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