Hi,
I added a small plugin that:
1. Adds goto matching brace and select (Select to matching brace), goto line and select (Select to line).
2. Adds Ctrl-Shift-Alt Left/Right/Home/End - like Ctrl-Shift, but for rectangular selection.
3. Adds a "Column mode". While active, [Ctrl-]Shift-movement keys do rectangle selection. However, there are some known issues about it.
-- E-gards: Jimmy