Questions tagged [snippets]
Questions about the usage of snippets within Vim.
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Mapping snippet trigger in visual mode
I'm using the UltiSnips plugin. When selecting text, you can press the trigger key to enter Insert mode, and the deleted text can then be used in a subsequent snippet. The snippet I'm using is as ...
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Moving from Ultisnips to LuaSnip?
I recently decided to switch my init.vim to init.lua as I'm using Neovim and opted to use LuaSnip over UltiSnips - previously, CoC autocomplete and UltiSnips were clashing over the same tab triggers. ...
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UtliSnips - dynamically add placeholders along the way
I have a snippet defined as followed:
data ${1:Type}
= ${2:Constructor}
| ${3:Constructor}
I'd like to have new cases added along the way:
data T
= A " <Tab>
| B " <Tab>
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nvim: How do I insert a luasnip for BufNewFile "_skel"
I am using nvim-cmp and luasnips and I have a _skel snippet, I would like to create an autocmd to trigger this snippet for New Files:
I already have some code:
local status_ok, packer = pcall(require, ...
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VIM and UltiSnips delay with pound "#" key
Consider the following snippet
context "math()"
snippet "([a-zA-Z])#" "Vectors" riA
\mathbf{`!p snip.rv=match.group(1)`}
endsnippet
The expected behaviour is that if I ...
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Ultisnips not working with space
I have the following snippet
context "math()"
snippet `v([a-zA-Z]) ` "bb" A
``rv = '\\mathbf{' + m[1] + '}'``
endsnippet
Now, most of my snippets work, however, snippets with ...
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List of Acronyms / Abbreviations for a paper
What is the best way in Vim to handle abbreviations for a paper? For example:
When working with Artificial Intelligence (AI) there must be .... and furthermore AI enables you to....
And later in the ...
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How to share snippet between typescript and typescriptreact?
I use UltiSnips to manage my snippets and I have a few snippets in typescriptreact but I'm not able to use them in typescript.
Is there a way to share snippets between them?
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Finding a way to remove right brackets of the lsp completion
Is there any way to remove the > in .h>? As the gif above, it duplicates the one in the #include <> snippet. Both completion seems to be provided by the lsp.
environment
Neovim v0.6.1
ddc....
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How can use Tab to navigate completion list
I use both coc.nvim and Ultisnip for completion in vim.
coc-snippet does not support some feature in Ultisnip so I use Ultisnip instead
But I have a problem is <Tab> for trigger completion in ...
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How can I set up some personal snippets for shebang lines or python exception handlers?
I want to to add some functions to my vimrc and want to achieve, e.g.,
I type :bang and it adds a shebang into the file
I type class foo:<ENTER> it automatically adds except KeyboardInterrupt: ...
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snippets visual is not selected when there is overfull warning
Disclmair: this is a question about using vim to write LaTeX. I don't know if this behaviour is visible in other languages also.
I use Ultisnips with honza/vim-snippets to expand latex snippets. If ...
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Ultisnips: autocompletion of (). Make snippet not expand again
I want to make a Ultisnips snippet for auto completion of (), "", {}, etc. I have Tab as my expand and jump forward key. My snippet is:
snippet ( "parenthesis" iA
(${1:${VISUAL}})$...
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Snippets only working when preceeded by space
I have created my snippets in texmath.snippets as:
priority -50
snippet \d "dot" Aw
\dot{$1}
endsnippet
snippet ^^ "superscript" A
^{$1}
endsnippet
snippet __ "subscript&...
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Ultisnips capital and lower character in same snippet
I am trying to expand my snippets. I use Ultisnips.
ofcourse, I can have
snippet 'a "greek alpha" A
\alpha
endsnippet
and
snippet 'A "greek alpha" A
\Alpha
endsnippet
and both ...
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Is there any snippet generator available for vim?
In vscode/atom/sublime there is a snippet generator. https://snippet-generator.app/
Likewise any snippet generator or plugin to generate present in vim? Can I store snippet in my project github and ...
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Where do I define UtliSnips snippets for Python?
I am using UltiSnips for my snippets. I have only used LaTeX snippets with UltiSnips, which I defined in a tex.snippets file inside of an UltiSnips directory in my runtimepath.
Now, I would like to ...
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create own snippets
I'm rather new to vim. And I don't like much to install many packages.
I use html, javascript and react.js, and i would like to create some simple way to type and then have the correct snippet on the ...
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UltiSnips: Can I add text outside snippet boundaries? (e.g. Near a search result)
Is there any way that UltiSnips can be made to seek for a text in document and execute some snippet at the position of text?
Explanation of Intent :-
Say I have the following text file
abcde
klsdfl
| ...
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Vim snippets with arguments
I'm trying to create snippets without using any plugins. For instance,
nnoremap ,eq :-1read $HOME/.vim/snips/.eq.tex<CR>o<TAB>
inserts the contents of .eq.tex:
\begin{equation}
\end{...
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how much effort would be required to use Bitbucket Snippets with any of the popular snippet plugins?
I am brand new to the realm of snippets in vi[m] and have been doing a little reading here, on Fandom, and the repos on github. I notice that vim-snippets has been mentioned a few times in terms of ...
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Unmap <c-n> / <c-p> in completion menu to use as previous / next snippet placeholder with Coc
My completion mappings scheme with coc is the following:
<c-@> (ctrl-space): trigger the menu / use the selected item (or the first one)
<c-j> and <c-k>: navigate the list (or also ...
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Provide arbitrary arguments to a snippet in UltiSnips
There are numerous occasions where you might want to have another optional argument in your snippet. Lets say I want to have a numbered list for example. Preferably I'd call something like enum3 which ...
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How to insert a snippet with Ultisnips
I am using the setup I found in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22253548/2241241
namely
" if you use Vundle, load plugins:
Bundle 'ervandew/supertab'
Bundle 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe'
Bundle '...
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Is it possible to create a snippet to "expand" struct members to fill?
In the type of c programming that I do day to day, I often have to "fill" struct members in order to pass them to an API. For example:
struct measurement {
double start_time;
double end_time;
double ...
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How to change the docstring format of the snippets by Ultisnips?
Using the snippets plugin I'm able to get:
class MyClasnippets(object):
"""Docstring for MyClasnippets. """
def __init__(self):
"""TODO: to be defined. """
from just typing class. ...
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Ultisnips Sinppets in current scope on blank line
Background
I'm using UltiSnips in conjunction with some autocomplete plugins. I have this line controlling the behavior of enter
inoremap <expr> <cr>
\ !empty(UltiSnips#...
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localleader is not obeyed
for my fortran code, I have defined:
au FileType fortran let maplocalleader = "`" # i have tried \` as well.
For fortran filetype in vim, :echo maplocalleader is showing `
as expected.
But, then,...
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How to capture the name of a function on ultisnips plugin?
I have created a guard snippet (ultisnips) in order to add on my existing
functions:
snippet guard "add guard to functions" b
if !exists('*${1:func_name}')
${VISUAL}
endif
${0:jump here <C-j>...
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Reuse value in snippet
I recently switched to using neovim + deoplete + neosnippets and I'm trying to get a snippet to do a thing that I'm pretty sure that I've been able to do in UltiSnips. In a template I'd like to be ...
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inoremap inserts unwanted tabs
I recently made myself custom insert mode keybindings to type faster in LaTeX. However, When I use them, Vim adds tabs that weren't part of the original keybinding.
Example:
Here is my inoremap:
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Insert C/C++ loops and statements templates automatically [closed]
How do I insert C/C++-type loops and statements templates automatically in Vim?
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Easiest way to insert LaTeX matrix?
Recently I found myself in a situation that need to type in quite a number of matrices to LaTeX by hand, so I was wondering if there are some tools that can help me to save some keystrokes.
The ...
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Trigger reindentation after snippet has expanded to word in 'indentkeys'
The ftplugin vimtex provides the file indent/tex.vim with following line
setlocal indentkeys+=[,(,{,),},],\&,=item,=else,=fi
'indentkeys' 'indk' string (default "0{,0},:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
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Disable a specific set of snippets in SnipMate
Is it possible to tell SnipMate to ignore a specific set of snippets?
Let's take vim-snippets/snippets/javascript/javascript-jquery.snippets as an example. When editing a JavaScript file, all snippet ...
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Fields in templates without resorting to commented-out lists (aka are drop-down options possible?)
I do a lot of work in plain TeX and XeTeX, editing the documents in vim, and have a variety of templates which I use to make the process more efficient. As you might expect, these use quite a lot of ...
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Comprehesive support for graphviz (linting/autocompletion/snippets)
Vim comes with some support (syntax highlighting) out of the box for the DOT language (graphviz)
In addition, I found the plugin: https://github.com/wannesm/wmgraphviz.vim, which provides integrated ...
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Skip over closing html tag?
Plugins such as snipMate, emmet and many others allow me to quickly insert opening and closing html tags. For example by typing span and hitting the correct key (TAB for snipMate, <C-y>, for ...
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Execute normal is inserting "<tab>" instead of hitting tab key
I am trying to make a function that creates a new line and hits the tab key (aka 2 spaces / 4 spaces; what ever is set). I can do it easily with a keybinding:
:inoremap <leader>ind <esc>...
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<Plug> was printed to the buffer instead of execute
I am using neovim with deoplete.nvim and neosnippet.vim. I am trying to make TAB key do both navigating through the popup menu and expand snippets when it's able to.
Here is my config.
" <TAB>: ...
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Expanding snippet in line using neosnippet
I'm using neosnippet to define and expand my snippets.
I have the following snippet defined for javascript development
snippet fn
abbr () => {}
(${1}) => {${2}}
I can insert this snippet ...
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auto insert text when creating a new file [duplicate]
Is there a way to auto insert text in vim when a new file is created? Maybe there is a plugin for it? Here is what I'm talking about:
I work a lot with C/C++ and Python. Very often I need to create ....
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Header from Templates not appearing in newly created C source files
First, I did:
% vim ~/.vim/cvim/c-support/templates/Templates
From there, I changed my User Macros to their desired values. I then saved my changes.
In Vim, I went to Normal Mode and entered:
:!...
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Neosnippet expands to "options head"
I am creating my firsts neosnippet-snippets in c.snip, it looks like that:
snippet head
options head
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// ${1:...
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What is the difference between the vim snippets plugins?
There is a great number of snippets plugins for vim: ultisnips, snipmate, xptemplate, neosnippet and a lot more.
They all have pros and cons and more or less dependencies. So far I've been using ...
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Good method for saving and inserting commonly used snippets
I often need to insert the same text into a file.
My approach has been to put the text into my vimrc as a variable:
let map='<!DOCTYPE map PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Map//EN" "map.dtd">'
And ...
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