Selection using mouse aborts unexpectedly

[Dominic Fandrey]

Jos Backus wrote:
>     Hi,
> 
> For a few weeks now, when I drag my mouse over some text with the left button
> pressed down, the selection will reproducibly abort after a second or so and
> start re-selecting even though I never let go of the mouse button.  This used
> to work fine and is very annoying, to say the least.

Sounds like your mouse button is worn out. Did you verify this with a different
mouse?