Danny YUE <sheepduke@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2017-04-09 10:05, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> wrote:
>> How can I bind '<ref name="%"/>' to some keys to make it easier to enter
>> please? I've got it as a yasnippet but its using 5 keys to enter it, and
>> if I can just use say 3 keys it will speed things up. What it actually
>> does is to enter a citation-repeat in mediawiki-mode.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharon.
>
> Try below whiling editing your new yasnippet item:
>

Thanks for replying Danny.

> # -*- mode: snippet -*-
> # name: ref
> # key: ref
> # --
> <ref name="$0"/>
>
> The snippet above binds the snippet to "ref" key.
> '$0' makes the cursor move there after expansion completed.

I didn't know about '$0' so thanks for that, its working very nicely.

Thanks
Sharon.
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