Execute a snippet without using the widget

[zaggino]

Suggested by @TomMalbran:

It might be cool to write in one line the name of the snippet and then the variables and after pressing Alt-S you get the snippet pasted without going through the inline editor. If there are variables missing, the snippets editor opens on the snippet selected and the cursor placed on the first unfilled parameter.

[TomMalbran]

As an example for the ng-controller snippet i would write ng-controller myModule myController in a new line and then press Alt-S.

It might be hard if the line is not empty.

[zaggino]

If the line is not empty (it contains some other non-whitespace before ng-controller myModule myController) I guess this widget would open and prefill ng-controller into search and myModule myController into variables so the user can confirm immediately with Enter key.

[TomMalbran]

That can work. But if for that line ng-controller is the only possible snippet, maybe it should jus complete it. It should show the editor when is not clear which snippet the user wants.

I am thinking that maybe it should use the line up to the cursor. Then you sort the snippets from the one with the most parameters to the one with the least. For each snippet you check if the word that is at the cursor position - the amount of parameter - 1 is the name of a snippet. If there are 2 possible snippets to show, then it shows the editor.

[zaggino]

Released 0.2.0 as the first iteration on this issue. Will continue with 0.2.x releases until it gets satisfactory :)

[TomMalbran]

Cool. Looking good as a first release. One minor thing is that it looks weird that when a snippet is inserted automatically it opens the inline editor and closes it a second later.

[zaggino]

Updated to 0.2.1, that weird blink with the widget should now be gone and you can also prefill variables from the line now: https://github.com/zaggino/brackets-snippets/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

[ThaisRobba]

👍 Just tested it, working nicely so far

[zaggino]

Implemented in version 0.3.0, let me know if there're any issues that should be fixed.

[ThaisRobba]

Hmm version 0.3.0 broke it for me. Before, doing

f funcName

Would expand into:

function funcName() {

}

But now it expands into:

function undefined() {

}

[zaggino]

Going to fix that, can you paste your exact snippet you're using here?