Alternative to multiple keys for one template

[magnars]

Good day,

What I am trying to achieve is that I have a template that can either be expanded by typing a complete mnemonic shortcut (say ascn for assert.className), or to just type a common root to get a list of suggestions (say as to get a list of all assertions).

The simplest way of fixing that in my mind would be to allow multiple keys. But as I can tell from the yasnippet source code, it might be an extensive job to make that happen.

So, do you have any suggestions on how to do it? Maybe I should programmatically create the snippets instead, and register two snippets per template?

[joaotavora]

Hi Magnar,

I'll try to analyse this issue more carefully, but it also springs to mind that you can make a ascn snippet expand to assert.classname. Hitting the trigger key twice in a row would give you the desired behaviour. You can also make ascn be a snippet-command consisting of elisp that inserts that text then calls yas-expand automatically. Snippet-commands are the ones using # type: command, unfortunately very undocumented except for informal issue replies and emails to the list.

As for the as suggestion, maybe you can use auto-complete, which is a completion framework. Yasnippet is a template expansion framework, with some menus to resolve ambiguity, some of which operate through completion backends like ido-completing-read. I agree that in this last part there is some overlap.

Anyway, I will try to analyse your request, time permitting. Patches and bold redesign attempts are welcome though.

J

[npostavs]

The simplest way of fixing that in my mind would be to allow multiple keys. But as I can tell from the yasnippet source code, it might be an extensive job to make that happen.

See also #114.

[zw963]

This is a very desirable feature for me too. #342 exist a example for this.

It seem like it still not worked ...