.vimrc

" select at current indent level from http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Visual_selection_of_indent_block
" modified for ruby to allow selecting the prev and next lines too for blocks
function! SelectIndent (blockmode)
  let temp_var=indent(line("."))
  while indent(line(".")-1) >= temp_var
    exe "normal k"
  endwhile
  if a:blockmode == "yes"
    exe "normal k"
  end
  exe "normal V"
  while indent(line(".")+1) >= temp_var
    exe "normal j"
  endwhile
  if a:blockmode == "yes"
    exe "normal j"
  end
endfun
nmap gb :call SelectIndent("yes")<CR>
nmap gn :call SelectIndent("no")<CR>