Selection tools and path tools similiar to Auto

I use AutoCAD a lot at my work and the selection tools/methods in that program just beat the heck out of illustrator's.  Adobe should adopt some of those: select last, select previous, selection groups (not Groups as they already have, but just groups for selection purposes only).
Also, illustrator could use and TRIM and EXTEND tool similiar to AutoCAD's.  EXTEND extends one or multiple lines to another; trim trims one or multiple lines to another line.

> not Groups as they already have, but just groups for selection purposes only
Select>SaveSelection.
JET

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    Hi,
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