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[vim-expand-region] is a Vim plugin that allows you to visually select increasingly larger regions of text using the same key combination. It is similar to features from other editors:

- Emac's [expand region](https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el)

- IntelliJ's [syntax aware selection](http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/documentation/tips/#tips_code_editing)

- Eclipse's [select enclosing element](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4264047/intellij-ctrlw-equivalent-shortcut-in-eclipse)

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<img src="https://raw.github.com/terryma/vim-expand-region/master/expand-region.gif" alt="vim-expand-region" />

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Install using [Pathogen], [Vundle], [Neobundle], or your favorite Vim package manager.

Press ```+``` to expand the visual selection and ```_``` to shrink it.

Customize the key mapping if you don't like the default.

The plugin uses __your own__ text objects to determine the expansion. You can customize the text objects the plugin knows about with ```g:expand_region_text_objects```.

You can extend the global default dictionary by calling ```expand_region#custom_text_objects```:

You can further customize the text objects dictionary on a per filetype basis by defining global variables like ```g:expand_region_text_objects_{ft}```.

Note that this completely replaces the default dictionary. To extend the default on a per filetype basis, you can call ```expand_region#custom_text_objects``` by passing in the filetype in the first argument:

By default, after an expansion, the plugin leaves you in visual mode. If your ```selectmode```(h:selectmode)) contains ```cmd```, then the plugin will respect that setting and leave you in select mode. If you don't have ```selectmode``` set, but would like to default the expansion in select mode, you can use the global setting below:

[vim-expand-region]:http://github.com/terryma/vim-expand-region

[Pathogen]:http://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen

[Vundle]:http://github.com/gmarik/vundle

[Neobundle]:http://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim