<p><a href="https://github.com/kugel-" class="user-mention">@kugel-</a> see <a href="https://github.com/b4n" class="user-mention">@b4n</a>'s comment.</p>

<p>Its not specifically that it leaves the comments, its what to do with anything before and after rectangular selection.  They just happen to be comments in the example given.</p>

<p>I believe what you are after is a "reflow comments", and that would indeed be useful, but is a separate issue to this "reflow rectangular selection".</p>

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