<p><a class="user-mention" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/cousteaulecommandant/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/cousteaulecommandant">@cousteaulecommandant</a> possibly, not Geany but Scintilla where the docs say "Rectangular selections are handled as multiple selections although the original rectangular range is remembered so that subsequent operations may be handled differently for rectangular selections. For example, pasting a rectangular selection places each piece in a vertical column."</p>

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