Edit file File name : gedit-plugins-snippets.page Content :<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="guide" style="task 2column" id="gedit-plugins-snippets" xml:lang="fi"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins"/> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-22" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> </credit> <credit type="author"> <name>Sindhu S</name> <email>sindhus@live.in</email> </credit> <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> <desc>Use snippets to quickly insert often-used pieces of text.</desc> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>sampo555</mal:name> <mal:email>sampo_75 [at] windowslive [dot] com</mal:email> <mal:years>2012.</mal:years> </mal:credit> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Valto Wirkola</mal:name> <mal:email>valto [dot] wirkola [at] yahoo [dot] com</mal:email> <mal:years>2008, 2010</mal:years> </mal:credit> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Tommi Vainikainen</mal:name> <mal:email>thv [at] iki [dot] fi</mal:email> <mal:years>2006.</mal:years> </mal:credit> </info> <title>Snippets</title> <p><app>Snippets</app> provide a convenient way of inserting repetitive portions of code into your files. For example, an HTML snippet for the <code><![CDATA[<img>]]></code> tag would insert the opening and closing portions of the tag, as well as fixed places where you can enter image attributes. This can make writing code easier and faster.</p> <section id="enable-snippets"> <title>Enable Snippets Plugin</title> <p>To enable the <gui>Snippets</gui> plugin:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">Plugins</gui></guiseq>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Snippets</gui> to enable the plugin.</p> </item> </steps> </section> <section id="browse-snippets"> <title>Browse Snippets</title> <p>To browse available snippets:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tools</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Manage Snippets</gui></guiseq>.</p> <note style="important"> <p>Make sure the syntax is set appropriately. The status bar at the bottom of the <app>gedit</app> window will show the current language setting. This language setting is what allows gedit to insert the proper snippets. <app>Gedit</app> will normally detect the language or syntax of the file that you're using, but sometimes you may need to set it.</p> <figure> <desc>In this example, the language is set to HTML.</desc> <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gedit-html-snippet.png"/> </figure> </note> </item> <item> <p>Browse the snippets that are available for your language or syntax.</p> </item> </steps> </section> <section id="using-snippets"> <title>Using Snippets</title> <p>To insert a snippet into your current document:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Type the desired snippet name anywhere in your current document.</p> </item> <item> <p>Press <key>Tab</key> to insert the snippet associated with the input term.</p> </item> </steps> </section> <section id="example-insert-snippet"> <title>Snippet Example Usage</title> <p>For example, if you have set the syntax to <em>HTML</em>, type <code>head </code>, and press the <key>Tab</key> key. The text would have auto completed into a snippet as:</p> <code> <![CDATA[<head> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Page Title</title> </head>]]> </code> </section> <section id="adding-snippets"> <title>Adding Snippets</title> <p>You can add new Snippets that work either globally (that is, they are language agnostic) or only in a particular syntax.</p> <steps> <item> <p>Select <guiseq style="menu"><gui style="menuitem">Tools</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Manage Snippets</gui></guiseq>.</p> </item> <item> <p>From the <gui>Manage Snippets</gui> sidebar select the desired syntax and click on the "+" button to list existing snippets for the selected syntax.</p> <note style="tip"> <p>To add a snippet that works globally (that is, when no particular syntax or language has been set for the document), select <gui>Global</gui> from the <gui>Manage Snippets</gui> sidebar.</p> </note> </item> <item> <p>To add a new snippet, click on the "plus" icon in the <gui>Manage Snippets</gui> sidebar.</p> </item> <item> <p>Input a name for the new snippet. The name of the snippet can be different from the snippet you want to add.</p> </item> <item> <p>Under the <gui style="group">Activation</gui> section, you must input a term for the <gui style="input">Tab trigger:</gui> textarea. You will be using this term to insert your snippet.</p> <note style="tip"> <p>If you wish to insert a snippet with a keyboard shortcut, then click your mouse pointer on <gui style="input">Shortcut key:</gui> textarea and press the desired combination of keys. Once you have pressed and released the keys, the keyboard shortcut will be set.</p> </note> </item> <item> <p>Under the textarea for <gui style="input">Edit:</gui>, input the desired text for the snippet. You may use <code>${n}</code> to indicate variables, where <em>n</em> is replaced with a number that represents the numerical order of variables included.</p> </item> </steps> </section> <section id="example-add-snippet"> <title>New Snippet Example</title> <p>Consider you have created a snippet with the term <var>greetings</var> in <gui style="input">Tab trigger:</gui>. The <gui style="input">Edit:</gui> textarea contains:</p> <code> <![CDATA[<greetings>Hello ${1:wonderful}${2:amazing} world! </greetings>]]> </code> <p>You can insert this snippet by typing <var>greetings</var> in the document and pressing the <key>Tab</key> key. The following text snippet will be inserted:</p> <code> <![CDATA[<greetings>Hello wonderfulamazing world!</greetings>]]> </code> <p>The words "wonderful" and "amazing" can be retained or deleted depending on your choice of usage. To do so, press <key>Tab</key> to choose between "wonderful" and "amazing" and press <key>Del</key> to delete the least preferred option.</p> </section> <!--TODO: <section id="modifying-snippets"> <title>Modifying Existing Snippets</title> </section>--> </page> Save