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I'm glad you asked. The same annoyance bugs me every I create a new file to write a Bash script. So, I worked out a solution.

If you're using a Linux system, you can set up a custom command to call xdotool to do the job. If you don't have it installed, it should be available in your distro's repo. With xdotool, you can simulate a sequence of keypresses to do the work of selecting Pascal for you.

#    Go to Edit > Format > Send Selection to > Set Custom Commands
#    Click the Add button
#    Enter the appropriate xdotool command in the Command edit box (see below)
#    Hit the Enter key (Important! If you don't hit Enter, Geany won't save what's in the box.)
#    Click the OK button

The exact command to select Pascal on my Geany installation is...

 xdotool key alt+d t p Down Down Down Down Down Return 

# Go to Edit > Preferences > Keybindings
# Scroll down to "Send to Custom Command 1"
# Click the Change button
# Press the combination of keys you want for the shortcut
# Click the OK button

source: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61672288/shortcut-set-filetype-geany Shortcut, set filetype Geany]