Questions tagged [yasnippet]
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.
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comment-dwim inserting leading spaces in prog-mode
I started using yasnippet today, and was surprised with this buffer when using yas-new-snippet:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name:
# key:
# --
I could see there was nothing unusual ...
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How to fix "does not contain : exactly once" Yasnippet warning?
I have the following yasnippet warning message for each major mode and .yas-parents directory:
yatemplate: ~/snippets/org-mode does not contain : exactly once
yatemplate: ~/snippets/lua-mode does not ...
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Wrong type argument: symbolp, 'yas-minor-mode
Whenever I type, Emacs gives me the warning 'wrong type argument: symbolp, 'yas-minor-mode'.
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'fr<Tab>' doesn't expand at all
I'm trying to take lecture notes using org-mode and cdlatex-mode. The problem I meet is when I try to use Tab to expand fr it doesn't expand correctly.
\(fr<Tab>\) will become \(\begin{frame}[]\...
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Yasnippet not working properly in Latex but works in other Modes
As the title says, when I am editing a LaTeX document I cannot do yas-expand. Note that yas-insert-snippet works fine (although also here the shortcut does not work, I have to call it using M-x 'yas-...
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yas-expand-snippet and yas-lookup-snippet?
I've two small snippets, where I'm trying to expand one snippet inside another. As the snippet that gets expanded is always the same one, and it's always expanded I've been trying to use yas-expand-...
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Use contents of a heading in Yasnippet
Is it possible to define a yasnippet that will pick up contents of a heading?
Say, I have something like this:
* Heading 1
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: MyHead
:END:
Text under Heading 1
I will like to ...
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Yasnippet returns Wrong type argument: listp
After inserting the snippet I'm able to type the function name.
But after tabbing to args, I get the error Wrong type argument: listp on typing
Is it python-args-to-docstring failing at it's job?
I've ...
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In LaTex mode, check if we are not in math mode for aas package
I am using the aas package (auto-activating snippets). When I want a snippet to expand we can do so by putting the following in the use-package declaration in the .emacs file:
:cond #'texmathp
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help: yasnippets won't load table
I'm having trouble with yasnippets. I install it but it won't work -- it does not expand anything. When I do yas-describe-table-by-namehash it lists
"Snippet table LaTex-mode" "Snippet ...
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How to stop yasnippet from triggering multiple times on same instance
I am having trouble with yasnippet triggering multiple times. If I type $times$ it will trigger and change to $\times$ but then everytime I move my cursor through $\times$ it will trigger again.
So if ...
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How to expand yas-snippets in eshell (under Doom)
(This may have nothing to do with Doom-emacs, but because I use it, I should mention it)
The famous "for-loop" expansion (https://xenodium.com/yasnippet-in-emacs-eshell/) does not work for ...
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Error yas--advance-end-maybe-previous-fields with autoactivating yasnippets in latex environments in org mode
I get the error yas--advance-end-maybe-previous-fields: Assertion failed: (memq field (yas--snippet-fields snippet)) in org mode when I use snippets that:
do not contain $1 in the snippet
use auto ...
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Arbitrary number of fields in yasnippet
Is it possible in a yasnippet snippet to create an arbitrary number of fields following a template, stopping only once the user indicates they are done entering fields?
Example
One use case is to ...
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emacs as CLI to transform strings
Is it possible to use emacs as just an CLI tool to transform some strings? What I want is to use yasnippet to generate file by template. I use emacs, but my team doesn't and it would be nice to have ...
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Inserting newline in snippet start with YASnippet
I have the snippet
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: LaTeX display math block
# key: dm
# --
\[\begin{align*}
$1
\end{align*}\]
$0
which works fine except for the fact that the newline at the start is ...
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Can I find snippets using yasnippet for the mode of an org-babel block (e.g. python / bash)?
I like snippets. I use yassnippet a lot. I also use babel in org mode. I would quite like to be able to use my snippets in org babel blocks, but they don't work because I am in the wrong mode. Is ...
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How to reset yasnippet default snippet file
for some reason the content of my default +new-snippet+ file has changed from
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name:
# key:
# --
to
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name:
# key:
# --
The ...
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Make Yasnippet insert characters before the key
I want to create a snippet, which does the following:
When I write . foo it creates A.B while the cursor is in front of B.
I only found ways to insert text after the key and to delete text before, but ...
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Coding system issues broke my emacs
I was messing with trying to get emojis to display and I broke my emacs by messing with the coding system settings somehow. After my desktop file failed to load, I uninstalled unicode-fonts and ...
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Why does this yas-snippet (with yas-selected-text) not moving the cursor as intended?
I have following yas-snippet for inserting latex equation parenthesis in selected region.
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: parenthesis_region_()
# binding: M-r ( )
# --
\left(
`yas-selected-text`
\...
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How to insert kbd macros in Yas-snippets?
I'm trying to learn how to:
Define a kbd-macro, (here I'm using kbd-macros, because I'm bad at elisp currently).
Letting that to be executed when yas-snippet to expand. (here I'm struggling with)
My ...
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Cannot expand yasnippets in .el files
I want to use yasnippet in three modes. I have this in my init.el:
;;; Yasnippet
(use-package yasnippet
:commands yas-minor-mode
:config (yas-reload-all)
:hook ((org-mode text-mode emacs-lisp-...
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Is there any way I can have snippets (like yasnippet) but for a particular file?
Sometimes files have quite specific snippets that might be useful? Is there any easy way to have per file snippets?
Approach
I've got some code that get hold of the snippet text for a desired snippet. ...
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How to expand yas-snippet, when trigger-key is part of a word?
I have following yas-snippet (for python-mode):
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: .s-np_array_shape
# key: .s
# --
.shape
And now, .s Tab gives .shape as expected.
What I want:
This doesn't expand if ...
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Any yasnippet to evaluate infix math expression?
I would like to have a yasnippet to evaluate infix math expression on the current line. E.g., If the line is 1 + 2 = and I trigger yasnippet at the end of line, it will append the result at the end: ...
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Company doesn't load with Yasnippet
Facing strange problem with auto-completion company-mode.
I use the packages Company mode and Yasnippet. When I'm typing in a buffer, I get autocompletion suggestions from Company with Yasnipper.
But ...
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How do I create a project tree from yasnippet
I have built a project prototype as a module in a directory tree in the following example:
module
main.ext
module_feature
item.ext
another_item.ext
I would like to insert the module ...
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How can I control the order of entries in the YASnippet menu?
I use YASnippets for everything and often use them through YASnippet menu. For any given major-mode, I use the .yas-parents file and put the directory/names in the order that I want them. But they ...
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Is there a default folder for yas-snippets?
Does anyone know where yas-lookup-snippet gets its snippets from?
I recently did a few changes with my snippets and now face that every time I want to open a new file I get the message:
yas-lookup-...
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Call an interactive elisp-function inside an YaSnippet
When trying to evaluate an interactive elisp-function which needs an argument in a yasnippet, it gives the error wrong number of arguments. I assume, the reason is, that the function is interactive ...
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Help with yasnippets installation
Recently, I asked about inserting a snippet with auto-insert-alist. That works but now I thought about using Snippets for blockquote, for inserting images, etc. I’ve been trying to install Yasnippets ...
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How do I move the cursor back after completing yas-choose-value?
I have a snippet set like so:
import React from 'react'
const ${1:$$(file-name-base)} = ( ${2:$$(yas-choose-value '("\{ \}" "props"))} ) => {
return (
$0
)
}
export ...
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How to use a Template for creating YaSnippet snippets
I want to have a way, to efficiently create new YaSnippet-snippets. YaSnippet has the functionality, that via pressing C-c C-n one can create a new snippet. However, the empty new snippet is very ...
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Does enabling by default a custom input method have any side effect on the default method?
I added these to my init.el:
(use-package org
:ensure nil
:hook (org-mode . (lambda ()
(org-indent-mode)
(variable-pitch-mode -1)
(...
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When using company and lsp, why does the placeholder text sometimes not get replaced?
In a buffer in c-mode with the following content (with point after retu), pressing enter completes to return expression;.
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
retu
}
Point is now at the beginning of ...
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Why does yasnippet insert a newline before the cursor?
This is my snippet, in org-mode:
# key: quote
# name: quote block
# --
#+begin_quote
`%`$0
#+end_quote
Result:
#+begin_quote
| <- cursor
#+end_quote
Desired:
#+begin_quote
| <- cursor
#+...
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Insert single date stamp with Yasnippet and date prompt or org-read-date
For kontext:
The emacs package "Yasnippet" let's you replace a keyword (like "/newagenda") with a predefined text. It lets you also modify some variable fields quickly after the ...
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History of yasnippet fields
Is it possible to have a history for the value of a yasnippet field? When I expand a second time a snippet like \begin{${1:environment}} I would like to get as suggestion the value I've used for $1 in ...
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Binding several keys to one yasnippet
Suppose we have a snippet for sql mode:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: select *
# key: sel
# --
SELECT ${1:*} FROM $2;
Sometimes I forget to switch the keyboard layout and type Russian "ыуд&...
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How can I load some snippets depending on the extension of current file?
When I work on web files I usually use web-mode for javascript, php and css files, the problem I have is that yasnippet uses the current mode to find what snippets to load for that buffer ( as stated ...
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yasnippet: execute function before inserting snippet
I'm using yasnippet to insert text into RMarkdown (.Rmd) files. For example, I can insert a code block which will produce a web map with something like this:
Snippet:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: ...
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Calling elisp functions from inside yasnippet
I created a yasnippet that calls a function:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: print
# key: pr
# --
`(cperl-print)`
The function code:
(defun cperl-print ()
(interactive)
(let* ((current (point))
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How to use yasnippets from js- and css- modes in html-mode?
I have latest YASnippet package installed on GNU Emacs 27.2 via MELPA. Snippets work, for example in *.js files, let expands to snippet after hitting TAB. However, when I edit HTML file (in html-mode),...
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How to enable yasnippets for all modes?
Company doesn't show snippets in some modes e.g. python or sh. Yet yas/describe-tables displays all snippets. In other modes e.g. org,emacs-lisp, snippets are shown as expected.
Looking at company-...
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Yasnippet-snippets indention not correct for Python functions
Yasnippet-snippets contains a snippet for Python mode to create a function with a docstring. The indention is not correct when I use it, I think it maybe has to do with some Spacemacs settings, but I ...
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How to apply `yasnippets` only for keywords at the beginning of the line? [duplicate]
I am using Python but some pre-defineted snippets. I was wondering is it possible to apply them if the keyword is the first word.
if and [TAB] converted into if cond:. I want this behaviour if the ...
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How to remove or overwrite a `yasnippets`?
I am using Python but some pre-defineted snippets are acting not as I wanted, hence I want to remove some, if possible.
In most cases, I am using TAB for indent alignment, hence yasnippets apply ...
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How to turn on "helm-mode" for a specific function?
The context
I've defined a big set of yasnippet snippets and sometimes I forget
the shortcut for those snippets. I've found out recently that
the function yas-insert-snippet can be used to insert a ...
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Is it possible to add descriptions for the yas-choose-value choices?
I got a simple snippet for the opening a file in PHP:
fopen('${1:./filename.txt}', '${2:$$(yas-choose-value '("r" "w" "a" "x" "r+" "w+" &...
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