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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Trigger Key Not Working in Yasnippet emacs
Yasnippet seems to be working but the trigger key is not. I can load snippets, look at snippet tables and M-x yas/expand. However, after typing a trigger key (i.e time) I'd like to expand the snippet with the TAB key which isn't working. I…
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Org-Mode and Yasnippet with
In Emacs, how can I modify the org-mode keymap so that shift-tab runs yas-expand instead of org-shifttab? Better yet, how can I make it so that shift-tab only runs yas-expand when point is in front of a snippet trigger, and runs org-shifttab…
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How to quote $1 in yasnippet
Suppose, I have the following yasnippet:
my $dir = __FILE__;
$dir =~ s/(.*)\/.*/$1/;
$1 here is the regular expression first match. Not yasnippet special symbol. How can I quote it, so it is inserted into the code as is?
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Emacs lisp: evaluating list of strings
I am new to elisp but I am trying to spice up my .emacs a little.
I am trying to define some paths, but having problems with creating a list of paths (and setting the list for YaSnippet more specifically).
When I evaluate the list I get a list of…
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r-autoyas in Emacs
I am trying to get r-autoyas to work on Emacs 23.3.1
I have installed yasnippet and it works fine on its own. For eg: TAB after 'for' in c++ mode auto expands as it should. I then went on the get r-autoyas to work. I have followed the instructions…
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Show keybinding with yasnippet
I am setting up a new .emacs environment. But with my last setup, the yasnippet menu showed the keybinding. But now it doesn't. It seems very strange. I believe I have the latest version of yasnippet. If I try expanding via a keybinding I already…
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How to show suggestions for YASnippets when using eglot
I'm currently using Emacs with eglot (minimal lsp client). However, no completions for snippets have appeared when I use the snippet library (e.g., YASnippet, tempel) together.
Now I can specify the snippet name and expand it in the code. But I want…
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How to use Yasnippet printf
I recently watched this fantastic video on how to use Yasnippet in Emacs.
Can someone explain how to use this snippet?
Specifically, what are the if and string-match elisp conditionals/functions doing in regards to the intended use of this…
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Positon cursor at a specified location in yasnippet
I have such a snippet
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: test
# key: test
# condition: t
# expand-env: ((yas/indent-line 'fixed) (yas/wrap-around-region 'nil))
# --
*** Expenses ""
After insert this snippet to org doc, the cursor is positioned at…
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Wrap text around a selection in emacs
I would like to wrap some text around selected text in emacs.
From a selection of the lines:
First item
Second item
I would like to get :
\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\end{itemize}
Using C-c C-e in AucTeX collapses the…
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Emacs: how to create yasnippets for different RDBMs in sql-interactive-mode
I am using sql-interactive-mode to connect to 2 databases: MySQL and SQLite. I created yasnippets for mysql in yasnippets/sql-interactive-mode folder. For example to add a column in MySQL I use the following snippet:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name:…
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Configuring a Yasnippet for two scenarios -- (1) region is active; (2) region is not active
In conjunction with a user-configuration of (delete-selection-mode 1), is there a way to consolidate the two following Yasnippets into just one snippet so that it will work differently depending upon whether the region is active. For example: (if…
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Emacs: load only necessary yasnippets
Suppose, I have 2 subdirectories for yasnippets:
~/.emacs.d/yasnippets/perl-mode
~/.emacs.d/yasnippets/php-mode
Currently I use the following code in my .emacs:
(defvar *my-emacs-lib-dir* "~/.emacs.d/")
(load (concat *my-emacs-lib-dir*…
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Point existing YAsnippet mode to a new filetype
I am running through the Bottle tutorial, and the YAsnippet mode for HTML would get me a large share of the productivity bonuses I am used to when crafting Bottle template files (.tpl).
Is there a way to tell YAsnippet to look at the existing…
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How to load yasnippets on condition
I am doing some Drupal programming and have created yasnippets for common functions: db_select, db_delete etc.
I want to load them only when I am working on a Drupal file and not for a common php file. The task is this:
given a list of yasnippet…
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