Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ?

[Richard Riley]

thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com writes:

> Hi,
> NOTE:
> Instead of yasnippet, you can use also else-mode:
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ElseMode
>
> It's very well documented.
>
> I prefer it than yasnippet.

Just as an aside noticing it's not hosted on the wiki (it would be nice
if it was), Andy Stewart wrote a great utility suite for accessing
emacs wiki code : see 

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoInstall

,----
|    1. Find the Elisp file. Locate it on the web, either from a private site, 
or from a code repository such as the EmacsWiki ElispArea or gist.
|    2. Asynchronous parallel download the file.
|    3. Batch install files Some extension (such as Icicles) have many packages 
need install, and install those packages one by one is painful.
|    4. View differences with the old version. Sometimes, you’ll want to view 
the differences between the new and old versions before you update.
|    5. Save the Elisp file. You might keep your elisp files organized by 
categories, but this causes its own problems: if you download a new elisp file, 
you need to make sure you’re deleting the old one, a hassle if the file is 
located deep in a storage directory.
|    6. Install the Elisp file.
|    7. Keep the Elisp file updated.
`----

It has saved me a lot of time - especially with the "update" feature.

(also, the instructions for "else" talk about installing help files into
~/info which is wrong for most of us).

>
> Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>    On 2009-04-28 07:34 +0100, 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 ?
>>
>>    I use a modified snippet.el that integrates into abbrev seamlessly. I
>>    like it better than yasnippet.
>>
>> Why ? Is it available somewhere ? How do you practically use it ?
>> Along my previous post, I decided to try yasnippet. It is nice
>> but you have to remember what is the "combo trigger" to use in
>> order to have it does something ;)
>>
>> regards
>>
>>      Xavier

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