<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote> <br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div class="im"><br> You can select a linear selection as normal (with the keyboard) and then just tap the option key. It will turn the linear selection into a columnar selection by using the start and end points of the linear selection as opposing corners of the block. Tap again to go back.</div> <br> That is probably my favorite-yet-obscure TextMate feature.<br> <br> And it's truly painful when I realize (too late, after muscle memory did its thing) that it's not a universal feature that all text editors have.<br> <br> +dru<br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br><div>This is a very nice tip, thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>-Jenny</div></body></html>