anchorX = document.selection.GetAnchorPointX(eePosLogical);
anchorY = document.selection.GetAnchorPointY(eePosLogical);
activeX = document.selection.GetActivePointX(eePosLogical);
activeY = document.selection.GetActivePointY(eePosLogical);

lines = 0;
chars  = document.selection.text.length;
if ( chars != 0) { // really select something
	if ( activeY > anchorY) {
		lines = activeY - anchorY + 1;
		if ( activeX == 1) lines--;
	} else if ( activeY < anchorY) {
		lines = anchorY - activeY + 1;
		if ( anchorX == 1) lines--;
	} else /* activeY == anchorY */ {
		lines = 1;
	}
}

status = "Selected: " + lines + "lines, " + chars + " chars";