Sublime Text plugin to select block at cursor, in various languages

select_block.py

# Sublime Text plugin to select block at cursor, in various languages
# https://gist.github.com/daanzu/4b0992715d461ded8b5f61fe776740d0

# view.run_command("select_block")
# view.settings().get('syntax')

import sublime, sublime_plugin

class SelectBlockCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        self.view.run_command('expand_selection', {'to': 'indentation'})
        selection = self.view.sel()
        for region in selection:
            syntax = self.view.settings().get('syntax')
            # if 'Python.' in syntax: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 0
            # elif 'Ruby.' in syntax: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 1
            # elif 'Slim.' in syntax: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 0
            # elif 'JavaScript.' in syntax: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 1
            # else: begin_offset, end_offset = 0, 0

            scope_name = self.view.scope_name(region.begin())
            scope = scope_name.split()
            if 'source.python' in scope: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 0
            elif 'source.ruby' in scope: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 1
            elif 'text.slim' in scope: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 0
            elif 'source.js' in scope: begin_offset, end_offset = 1, 1
            else: begin_offset, end_offset = 0, 0

            # print("begin_offset={} end_offset={} syntax={} scope={} scope_name={}".format(begin_offset, end_offset, syntax, scope, scope_name))
            selection.add(self.view.full_line(sublime.Region(region.begin()-begin_offset, region.end()-1+end_offset)))