Create Your First Snippet
erinata edited this page Mar 18, 2012
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To create a snippet:
- go to Plugin > FingerText > Toggle On/Off SnippetDock.
- You should see a sidebar named FingerText SnippetDock shows up in Notepad++. Click the button "Open Snippet Editor"
- A file named SnippetEditor.ftb is opened. The document is divided into 3 secions - "TriggerText" "Scope" "Snippet Content"
- TriggerText is like the name of a snippet. You need to type the triggertext of a snippet in order to trigger it. You may enter "test" (without quotes) in this section.
- Scope indicates where the snippet is available. You can leave it as default.
- Snippet Content is the text you want to insert to Notepad++ when the snippet is triggered. You can put any amount of text in this section. But do remember to put a "[>END<]" (without quotes) at the end of the snippet. For example, you can enter "Hello FingerText!![>END<]" (without quotes) into this section.
- Click the button "Save Current Snippet" on the SnippetDock to save the snippets.
- There should be a message box saying "Snippet "test" in scope is saved. And you have created your first snippet!