How Do I Have A Custom Snippet In Helix.

[mubin-thinks]

C++ is my main programming language. And I need to add a custom snippet. How do I add it?
Hoping to get my answer soon.

[the-mikedavis]

Snippets are not currently supported. #395 covers adding them. There's a snippets branch working on LSP snippets but it isn't complete yet. Once LSP snippets are implemented, custom snippets could be added re-using some of that new code.

[astro-ray]

Has development on snippets stopped? I couldn't find the snippet branch.

[the-mikedavis]

The changes in that branch were merged into master in #5864

[FergusFettes]

Afaik snippets have been implemented by now, but I'm still not 100% sure how to use them. I saw someone do it somewhere in the github issues but can't find it again.

I have this:

[language.config.completion.snippets.custom.ipdb]
prefix = ["ipdb"]
body = ["__import__('ipdb').set_trace()"]
description = "Insert IpDB call."
scope = "expr"

in my languages.toml but I don't see anything.

[pascalkuthe]

we only support the snippts send by the LS with no way to configure you own beyond that. Some LS support custom snippets in their own config but not all do and the config options are not uniform. Refer to the documentation of the specific LS for the specific config option

[quantonganh]

#395 (comment)