<p>This is a problem with <a href="www.scintilla.org">Scintilla</a> the editing component we use.  Its documentation says: "Scintilla does not save caret and <strong>selection</strong> movements, view scrolling and the like." (my emphasis).</p>
<p>It will have to be added by that project, but it has been rejected several times to my recollection, so you will need to marshal some good arguments and probably a patch.</p>

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