vim-sniplet

A tiny Vim plugin for abbreviation-based snippets.

Installation

Copy the contents of plugin and autoload to ~/.vim on UNIX-like systems, or install with your favorite plugin manager.

Usage

Use :Sniplet to define an abbreviation that will only expand with an explicit keypress. Use it as you would use :abbreviate.

For example,

:Sniplet main public static void main(String[] args) {}

The expansion keypress is unbound by default. You can map it to whatever you want using the <Plug>SnipletExpand mapping. For example,

imap <Tab> <Plug>SnipletExpand
cmap <Tab> <Plug>SnipletExpand

That way, your main Sniplet will only expand when you type main<Tab>.

You also have access to :ISniplet and :CSniplet, similar to :iabbrev and :cabbrev.

Also, :Sniplet <buffer> and friends create buffer-local Sniplets (useful for filetype-specific Sniplets).

Tiny Vim Plugins

I have a set of functionality in my .vimrc that I intentionally implemented with a minimalist philosophy.

I don't want a monolithic plugin to do all sorts of things for me all at once. Instead, I want tiny plugins that do a single, specific task each.

This way I can compose several of these tiny plugins to achieve what I want, while still allowing me to configure and leave out unwanted behavior. Moreover, I can rely on other excellent tools that already exist!

Licensing

This project is free and open source software, licensed under the MIT license. You are free to use, modify, and redistribute this software.

Take a look at Github's Choose a License page for a bit more detail.