On 6/1/2006, at 19:49, Gerd Knops wrote:

Since Tiger it is possible in Cocoa apps such as TextEdit to create non-contiguous selections by holding command pressed. For example command + double click can be used multiple times to select a few words, or command + tripple click to select some lines. Seems like a handy feature, would be neat to get that onto the ToDo list.

It's there somewhere, but low-pri due to perceived limited use and complexity in implementation (which affects a lot).