From: Mark Elston <m_elston@comcast.net>
To: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Cc: org-mode emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Use with yasnippets?
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:48:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49F11A88.5050700@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87prf2q118.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca>
Bernt,
Thanks. That was it. I knew there must be a mode-hook or
some such I could take advantage of ant that was what I was
missing.
Mark
Bernt Hansen wrote:
> Mark Elston <m_elston@comcast.net> writes:
>
>> I know someone mentioned yasnippets earlier this month but I can't
>> find it. And I don't know if it answers my question or not anyway.
>>
>> I have a number of *very* similar entries in an org file. I teach
>> a number of classes and I would like to set up a yasnippet to create
>> entries (actually a small tree of entries) for each class. The
>> snippet would have several tab-stops so I can enter the class name
>> and lesson number once and have it appear several times in the
>> created entries.
>>
>> However, when trying to actually expand this snippet and navigate
>> between the tab-stops, the tab key (naturally) closes up the tree
>> it just created and fails to let me enter the second (or subsequent)
>> placeholders.
>>
>> Is there any way of using the flexibility of yasnippets in org mode?
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> It mostly works for me.
>
> I just made the following test snippet:
>
> ,----[ test ]
> | #name : #+test
> | # --
> | * $1
> | First thing
> | ** $2
> | Second thing
> | *** $3
> | Third Thing
> | *** $4
> | Fourth thing
> | ** $5
> | Fifth thing
> | Done.
> | $0
> `----
>
> and typing 'testTAB' and repeatedly hitting TAB and entering data gave
> me this output
>
> ,----
> | * one
> | First thing
> | ** two
> | Second thing
> | *** three
> | Third Thing
> | *** four
> | Fourth thing
> | ** five
> | Fifth thing
> | Done.
> | six
> `----
>
> I have the following setup for yasnippets - it's not perfect (because it
> messes up forward TAB in tables) but it is working pretty well -- good
> enough that I don't want to go back to not using yasnippets :)
>
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
> (lambda ()
> ;; yasnippet
> (make-variable-buffer-local 'yas/trigger-key)
> (setq yas/trigger-key [tab])
> (define-key yas/keymap [tab] 'yas/next-field-group)
> (flyspell-mode 1)))
>
> (require 'yasnippet)
> (yas/initialize)
> (yas/load-directory "~/.emacs.d/plugins/yasnippet/snippets")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> HTH,
> Bernt
>
>
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2009-04-23 23:11 Use with yasnippets? Mark Elston
2009-04-24 1:43 ` Bernt Hansen
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