magnars/expand-region.el
Emacs extension to increase selected region by semantic units. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5391
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 624
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1464 stars · 133 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
An Emacs Lisp package that progressively expands the selected region by semantic units (word, string, sexp, etc.) as you press a key. It is available on GNU ELPA and MELPA and works with most languages via generic expansion rules.
Use cases
- expand selection by semantic units in emacs
- select inside quotes or parens quickly
- grow region word by word then sexp by sexp
- contract an over-expanded selection in emacs
- language-agnostic text selection in emacs
When to choose
- you use Emacs and want fast, incremental semantic selection
- you edit code in many languages and need generic expansion rules
- you want a small, stable package available on ELPA/MELPA
When to avoid
- you don't use Emacs
- you need actively developed features or responsive issue triage - the issue tracker and PRs are closed
- you need deep language-specific expansion beyond the provided rules
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
editor developer-tools text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin cross-platform emacs emacs-lisp region-selection semantic-expansion editing
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el · fetched 2026-08-28 · 350e14e50788
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| magnars/expand-region.el | main | 32 |
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