YASnippet is a template system for Emacs. It allows you to type an abbreviation and automatically expand it into function templates. Bundled language templates includes: C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, Ruby, SQL, LaTeX, HTML, CSS and more.
Questions tagged [yasnippet]
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One yasnippet snippet for multiple modes
I have the following snippet:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# contributor: Song Qiang
# key: m
# group: Math
# name: Inline math \( ... \)
# --
\\($1\\)$0
and I want it to be available for both latex-mode and org-mode. How can this…
Dror Atariah
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Insert current date with yasnippet
Since several years I've been using this snippet to insert a date into buffer:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# name: date
# key: date
# --
`(insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d"))`$0
However nowadays I get this annoying warning:
Warning (yasnippet):…
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yasnippet: how to expand a snippet from a string and have the fields recognized?
Q: how do I get yasnippet to expand a text string correctly (recognizing snippet fields) from inside elisp code?
A very simple snippet is a just a string of characters with some control characters intermingled. We can also use elisp forms to create…
Dan
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Warning (yasnippet): modified buffer in a backquote expression
When I use yasnippet, I keep getting this error:
Warning (yasnippet): `foo-snippet' modified buffer in a backquote expression.
To hide this warning, add (yasnippet backquote-change) to `warning-suppress-types'.
I added this line to my config:
(setq…
incandescentman
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Multiple occurrences of variable in yasnippet snippet
I would like to do create a snippet in which the ${1:} command is present in multiple locations, allowing me to editing in multiple locations at once.
In particular I would like this snippet to work as "expected".
cout << "${1:} = " << ${1:} <<…
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How to put whitespace into Yasnippet Templates?
When I create a new yasnippet template using the 'yas-new-snippet' command, I'm unable to get the leading whitespace to show when the template is expanded in a new document or even tested using 'yas-tryout-snippet'.
For example:
interface t1
…
Alex Singer
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Expand yasnippet only when it's at beginning of the line
How to write snippet condition to expand it only when it's positioned at the beginning of the line?
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yasnippets - finding and modifying some snippets
I'm struggling a bit with yasnippet. My question must be very basic but I would like to modify some snippets but I can't locate them.
I have for example a snippet style for html-mode but it does not appear where it should be that is either under…
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How do you make an optional field and comma in a yasnippet?
I want to make a snippet for a function with optional arguments. For example something like:
myfunc($1, $2, $3)
But in this case, $2 may be optional. I know I can press Ctrl-D to skip it, but it leaves behind the comma. How do I get a snippet to…
John Kitchin
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YASnippet: How to resume (or reactivate) snippets after exiting them
After exiting yasnippet snippets that contain one or more tab stops, I often find myself wanting to go back and modify content that I entered at the tab stops. Of course, I can do this using standard movement and editing commands, but it would be…
itsjeyd
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Disable default Yasnippet snippets?
How do I disable all pre-existing yasnippet snippets? I only want to use ones that I define myself.
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Need help for a snippet - a for in C
I was switching to vim for the C-support mode, and then I discover yasnippet for emacs, it is awesome I love it !
So now I'm adding basic snippets to insert code and I am currently having a bit of difficulties to make a good for ( ...; ...; ... )…
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read clipboard into yasnippet
I am creating a yasnippet to create org-mode link with content like:
[[$1:value-read-from-clipboard][$0]]
I wish the $1 read value from clipboard (the use-case is: I copy the URL from chrome browser and use this yasnippet to automatically attach…
Xi Xiao
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how to expand a yasnippet snippet after punctuation?
Q: how can I get yasnippet snippets to expand when placed immediately after punctuation?
Consider the snippet SNIP. It will expand if preceded by whitespace (eg, here's a SNIP expands), but not when preceded immediately by an alphanumeric character…
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How can I disable an individual snippet when in shell-script-mode?
I'm a fairly extensive user of YAsnippet but there is an annoying niggle when I'm working on shell scripts. The default prog-mode snippets includes "fi" which expands to FIXME. This would be fie but it fires every time I close a if<->fi statement in…
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