--- a/.emacs-my	Wed Feb 25 15:25:39 2015 +0200
+++ b/.emacs-my	Fri Mar 13 14:20:23 2015 +0200
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@
   (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)    ; for Emacs 21.2.1 and newer
   )
 
+(when (fboundp 'er/expand-region)
+  (global-set-key (kbd "C-=") 'er/expand-region))
+
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 (message "highlighting current line")