Re: Use with yasnippets?

[Mark Elston <m_elston@comcast.net>]

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
> 
>