With a selection made using using shift+down arrow one might or might not have chosen to select all of the first line and all of the last line, but all the interior lines are fully selected regardless. If one's attention wanders away and then returns, one has to re-establish the exact situation visually be glancing at the first line and at the last line to see whether they match the interior lines or not. Although skilled programmers can and will do this almost subconsciously, it still takes mental effort that I believe would be better expended on the programming task at hand. The block select highlighting suggested, would, I think, reduce this additional mental processing burden a little.
One of </b>Geany's</b> many strengths is its striking visual beauty which maximizes rapid communication about the current state of the edit with the programmer's internal conception thereof. Although the time saved during each return of their attention from looking away is small it should be multiplied by the frequency with which this information needs to be reintegrated into the programmer's mind through a busy working day full of many interruptions during which one might spend many hours working with <b>Geany</b> - its that good! --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/800#issuecomment-164200781
