The Sel info only shows the "distance" between the first and last selected position. So it counts all the characters of all the lines in-between.
This gets even funnier when you have wrap mode turned on.
You _can_ do block selection on any (partial) line in wrap mode, but _only_ the characters on the first part(ial line) will be selected.
When you move the cursor up or down on the same line (to another partial line) you will also see the number of Sel characters change.
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Column mode with selection doesn't actually reflect on the Sel: info on the status bar. See the shot here, http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4286/54649793gk0.jpg
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The Sel info only shows the "distance" between the first and last selected position. So it counts all the characters of all the lines in-between.
This gets even funnier when you have wrap mode turned on.
You _can_ do block selection on any (partial) line in wrap mode, but _only_ the characters on the first part(ial line) will be selected.
When you move the cursor up or down on the same line (to another partial line) you will also see the number of Sel characters change.