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Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ?
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Richard Riley |
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Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ? |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:23:47 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com writes:
> Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> NOTE:
>>> Instead of yasnippet, you can use also else-mode:
>>>
>>> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ElseMode
>>>
>>> It's very well documented.
>>>
>>> I prefer it than yasnippet.
>>
>> Just as an aside noticing it's not hosted on the wiki (it would be nice
>> if it was), Andy Stewart wrote a great utility suite for accessing
>> emacs wiki code : see
>>
>> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoInstall
>>
>> ,----
>> | 1. Find the Elisp file. Locate it on the web, either from a private
>> site, or from a code repository such as the EmacsWiki ElispArea or gist.
>> | 2. Asynchronous parallel download the file.
>> | 3. Batch install files Some extension (such as Icicles) have many
>> packages need install, and install those packages one by one is painful.
>> | 4. View differences with the old version. Sometimes, you’ll want to
>> view the differences between the new and old versions before you update.
>> | 5. Save the Elisp file. You might keep your elisp files organized by
>> categories, but this causes its own problems: if you download a new elisp
>> file, you need to make sure you’re deleting the old one, a hassle if the
>> file is located deep in a storage directory.
>> | 6. Install the Elisp file.
>> | 7. Keep the Elisp file updated.
>> `----
>>
>> It has saved me a lot of time - especially with the "update" feature.
>
> Yes it's nice, i use it also.
>
>> (also, the instructions for "else" talk about installing help files into
>> ~/info which is wrong for most of us).
>
> For me it's in ~/elisp/info (but it can be anywhere else),
> you have just to write this line
>
> ,----
> | * ELSE: (else). Emacs Language Sensitive Editor mode.
> `----
>
> in your dir file.
>
> and also in .emacs:
>
> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "/home/you/elisp/info")
Yes, which is why the instructions are, I think, wrong. I didn't see
that line. Mind you I constantly prove my ineptitude with info files. In
Debian there are dir files all over the shop and invariably make files
stick the info file in the wrong place..
>
>>>
>>> Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 2009-04-28 07:34 +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > I was revamping my $TMP directory and found on old archive of
>>>> > yasnippet.
>>>> >
>>>> > Does anybody is really using it ? I mean do you find easy to TAB
>>>> > everytime you are typing code ? How do you use it in real life ?
>>>> > Don't you think abbrev-* is easier and less intrusive ?
>>>>
>>>> I use a modified snippet.el that integrates into abbrev seamlessly. I
>>>> like it better than yasnippet.
>>>>
>>>> Why ? Is it available somewhere ? How do you practically use it ?
>>>> Along my previous post, I decided to try yasnippet. It is nice
>>>> but you have to remember what is the "combo trigger" to use in
>>>> order to have it does something ;)
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>>
>>>> Xavier
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Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ?, Xavier Maillard, 2009/04/29
Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ?, Xavier Maillard, 2009/04/29