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In a text editor, multiple selections are also known as discontinuous selection, multi-selection, and multiple instances. An editor that uses multiple selections is much more complicated to code than traditional obsolete text editors who use one selection at a time, or obsolete clipboard buffers. The programmer must keep track of several text snips and implement all the features in the text editor to work on a much more complicated level.
From a users perspective, this means more productivity. Imagine being able to select four scattered procedures or 15 scattered html links at once, and then copy them into a new file immediately. Imagine being able to find and highlight all instances of the word "Setting", instead of finding each instance one at a time.
See some multiple selection acronyms
Also known as multiple selection

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