Geany 1.33
Windows 10
Rectangular selection interacts oddly with drag-and-drop.
Steps to reproduce:
1.  Type a large block of text (multiple long lines; Lorem Ipsum or whatever).
2.  Select multiple lines of text _normally_; drag and drop selection: **works 
as expected**: text is "cut" from original position and "pasted" into 
destination.
3.  Make _rectangular selection_; drag and drop it: _**FAILS**_: text gets cut 
correctly, but gets pasted as if regular text had been copied (first line, 
newline, second line, newline...), breaking the block of text where it was 
pasted rather than interleaving clipboard and destination lines.
4.  Make _rectangular selection_; _cut/copy_; paste: **works** (lines are 
interleaved; a block of text is pushed to the right).
5.  Make _rectangular selection_; drag and drop it (_after having copied a 
rectangular selection_): **now it works**.  Apparently copying a rectangular 
selection changes the status/behavior of drag-and-drop.
6.  Select multiple lines of text _normally_ (_after having copied a 
rectangular selection_); drag and drop: _**FAILS**_.  Text lines are cut 
correctly, but pasted in a rectangular fashion (lines are interleaved).
7.  _Cut/copy_ text _normally_: the original behavior is restored (regular 
drag-and-drop **works**; rectangular drag-and-drop **_fails_**).

As someone who uses rectangular selection a lot (which seems to work fine on 
Linux), this is driving me nuts.
(In case this affects anyone else: consider hitting Ctrl-C before dragging and 
dropping a rectangular selection to change Geany's mode from "regular selection 
works" to "rectangular selection works"; this is the workaround I'm currently 
using.)

PS: I currently can't upgrade Geany on this machine, but may try installing it 
on another computer.

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