[Geany-devel] snippet keybindings? - Re: [PATCH] Some editor/snippets/keybindings enhancements

[Lex Trotman]

On 17 August 2010 05:34, Eugene Arshinov <earshinov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nick
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:41:00 +0100%
> Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:48:35 +0400
>> Eugene Arshinov <earshinov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I attach three patches:
>>
>> Thanks; as we're preparing a bugfix release I haven't looked at them,
>> but anyway:
>>
>
> No problem, it can wait.
>
>> > 2. Snippet keybindings support
>>
>> Not sure about this - shouldn't the keybinding be typing the snippet
>> name and pressing tab ;-) I use short names to minimise typing - b for
>> a brace pair, c for a multiline comment.
>>
>
> I tried, but even b<tab> seems too long for me to type in order to get a
> brace pair.  I must note, an easier and quicker way of inserting a brace
> pair is the main reason of why I wrote this patch, and I agree that
> there may be not so many uses of snippet keybindings.
>
>> If we do want snippet keybindings perhaps it would be better to
>> integrate with the existing keybindings rather than storing them
>> separately - then users could configure them in the normal way.
>>
>
> It's worth thinking.


Hi Eugene,

This could be a bit of work since the number of snippets is variable
and the keybindings GUI is fixed.  I had a quick look a while ago with
the view of allowing the extra build commands to have keybindings but
never came up with a simple way of handling variable numbers of
commands.

If you decide to add a general way of adding variable numbers of
entries in the keybindings GUI it could then be used elsewhere.

Cheers
Lex

>
> Best regards,
> Eugene.
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