Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ?

[Ian Eure <ian@digg.com>]

On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:34 PM, 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 ?
>
Depends. For simple expansions, I prefer abbrev. Think: pub -> public,  
pro -> protected, pri -> private, etc.

For more complex templates, I use yasnippet. For example, new file  
templates (where it's lisp evaluation is handy), class and function  
templates with docblocks, etc. I use it to reduce the repetitious  
parts of programming, and let me focus on getting things done.

  - Ian