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selected
selected ([doc[, type]])
This function returns 1 (True) if there is a selection in the current window. Note that this is faster than testing length($selection).
doc — Specifies the identifier of the document tree to query. If omitted or 0, the current document is used.
type — A qualifier defining a particular type of selection:
1 — Return true if this is a text selection.
2 — Return true if this is a table selection.
3 — Return true if this is either a text or table selection.