Further improvements in the snippet syntax chapter
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@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ EXAMPLES *neosnippet-examples*
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SNIPPET SYNTAX *neosnippet-snippet-syntax*
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It is quite easy to create your own snippets starting with the example below.
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The snippet syntax is close to the one of |snipMate|.
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It is quite easy to create your own snippets. Your can use the example below to
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get started.
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Example:
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@ -388,24 +388,27 @@ Example:
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if ${1:condition}
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${2}
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endif
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<
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The snippet syntax is close to the one of |snipMate|. Each snippet starts with
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some keywords that define the name and modify the expansion and treatment of the
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snippet.
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Snippet Keywords:
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- snippet [name] (Required)
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Each snippet starts with the keyword "snippet". This keyword is directly
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followed by the snippet name. The snippet name is used for the expansion of
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the snippet.
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followed by the snippet name. The snippet name is used to expand the snippet.
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- abbr [name] (Optional)
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You can define an abbreviation for the snippet. It will be displayed in
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the drop down selection menu of neocomplcache.
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You can define an abbreviation for the snippet name. It will be displayed in
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the drop down selection menu of the neocomplcache plugin.
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- alias [aliases] (Optional)
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Alias names can be use as additional keywords to expand a snippet. You can
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Alias names can be use as additional keywords to expand the snippet. You can
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define multiple aliases using either spaces ' ' or commas ',' as separator.
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Example
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@ -430,8 +433,8 @@ Snippet Keywords:
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Options influence the snippet behavior. The possible values are:
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+ word This snippet expands by a word boundary. Note: To complete
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the trigger in snippets_complete, it must be a word character
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(digits, an alphabetical characters or "_").
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the trigger with snippets_complete, it must be a word character
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(digits, alphabetical characters or "_").
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snippet date
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@ -439,7 +442,7 @@ Snippet Keywords:
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`strftime("%d %b %Y")`
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+ head This snippet expands on the beginning of a line only.
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+ head This snippet expands at the beginning of a line only.
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Note: This is the same as "prev_word '^'" which is still
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there for backwards compatibility.
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@ -455,21 +458,21 @@ Snippet Keywords:
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to the indent of the line above the snippet after expansion.
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The snippet itself starts below the part that contains the options, snippet
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aliases and kekywords, described above. It contains the snippet which gets
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expanded and can contain several place holders. The placeholders are used as
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jump points inside the snippet. There are several placeholder available and they
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provide diffrent functionality.
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aliases and keywords, described above. It contains the snippet which gets
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expanded which can contain several placeholders. The placeholders are used as
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jump points while expanding the snippet. There are several placeholders available
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providing different functionality.
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The structure of a placeholder can be:
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- ${number:placeholder text}
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The number of a placeholder and the placeholder text are separated
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by a ":". They are embraced by a pair of curly braces "{}". The
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placeholder text is displayed after the snippet expansion and will be
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replaced by your text. If you jump over the snippet and do not insert
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any text in that position the placeholder text remains there. This can
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be used as a default value for a certain position.
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The placeholder starts with a dollar sign "$". The number of a placeholder
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and the placeholder text are separated by a colon ":". They are surrounded
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by a pair of curly braces "{}". The placeholder text is displayed after
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the snippet expansion and will be replaced by your text. If you jump over
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the snippet and do not insert any text in that placeholder position the text
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remains there. This can be used as a default value for a certain position.
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Example
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- ${number:#:placeholder text}
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In this type of placeholder the number is followed by the "#" character.
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In this kind of placeholder the number is followed by the hash character "#".
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If you jump over this placeholder and do not insert any text, the placeholder
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text will be removed.
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- ${number:TARGET}
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This is the target placeholder which is replaced by text from a visual
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selection. Note: You need to expand your snippet with the key mapping below
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for this to work.
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selection. Note: You need to make a visual selection and expand your
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snippet with the key mapping below for this to work.
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|<Plug>(neosnippet_expand_target)|.
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@ -519,7 +522,7 @@ The structure of a placeholder can be:
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This is a placeholder which you can use as a simple jump position. This can be
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useful if you edit a placeholder inside of some sort of brackets or environment
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and after that want to go on behind that.
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and want to go on behind it after that.
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Example
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- $number
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This is a synchronized placeholder. Sometimes it is required to repeat a value
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in several places inside a snippet. If you set the number of this placeholder
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in several positions inside a snippet. If you set the number of this placeholder
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to the same number as one of the other placeholders in the snippet, it will
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repeat its content. $1 is synchronized to ${1} and so on. $0 will be the final
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jump placeholder.
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end
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A placeholder value can not contain new lines. The snippet below isn't valid.
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A placeholder value can not contain new lines. The snippet below is not valid.
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>
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snippet invalid
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Vim has a built-in expression evaluation. You can also use this feature inside
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of snippets if you use back ticks like in the example below where "%:t" gets
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expanded to the name of the current active file and the current time gets
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inserted by the expansion of the strftime command.
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of snippets if you use back ticks like in the example below. Here the "%:t"
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gets expanded to the name of the current active file and the current time gets
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inserted by expanding the output of the strftime command.
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snippet header
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${2:Created at: `strftime("%B %d, %Y")`}
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You can also nest the placeholders if you escape the special characters.
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You can also nest placeholders if you escape the special characters.
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snippet div
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<div ${1:id="${2:someid\}"}>${3}</div>${4}
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In some cases you need to escape the "}" twice as the example below shows.
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In some cases you need to escape the curly brace "}" twice as shown in the
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example below.
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snippet catch
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