Questions tagged [snippets]
Questions about the usage of snippets within Vim.
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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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Want template files pre-populated based on keystrokes
So based on the keystrokes I enter I want to copy the full file templates into the new file and begin editing them. This is my vimscript and I have tried a couple of different ways, from using :r :e ...
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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 ...
