Re: Dynamic snippet creation depending on field value

Wow, that was quick...

I tested the snippet with C-c C-t and it worked, thanks!

I'll keep testing and report back if I see some major problems.

Luke

On 12 Mai, 17:54, João <joaotav...@...> wrote:
> As always a little bit more work than I expected. update your SVN copy
> of yasnippet and try this snippet.
>
> -----------
> # -*- mode: snippet -*-
> # name: format string
> # key: str
> # type: command
> # --
> (yas/expand-snippet (concat "\"${1:hello world, %s}\"
> ${0:${1:$(yas/python-make-format-args yas/text
> 'no-fields)}$(yas/python-format-string-snippet-2)}"))
> ---------
>
> Then you need to add the following code to a (new)
> snippets/python-mode/.yas-setup.el file, or have it eval'ed somewhere
> before you expand the snippet.
>
> ---------
> (defvar yas/python-format-string-last-string nil)
> (defun yas/python-make-format-args (text &optional dont-make-fields)
>    (let ((output)
>          (nr 1))
>      (set-match-data nil)
>      (while (string-match "%." text (match-end 0))
>        (setq output (if (eq nr 1) " % (" (concat output ", ")))
>        (setq output (concat output
>                             (unless dont-make-fields (format "${%d:" nr))
>                             (format "arg%d" nr)
>                             (unless dont-make-fields "}")))
>        (incf nr))
>      (setq yas/python-format-string-last-string text)
>      (if output (setq output (concat output ")")))))
>
> (defun yas/python-format-string-snippet-2 ()
>    (yas/expand-snippet (yas/python-make-format-args
> yas/python-format-string-last-string))
>    (deactivate-mark))
> --------
>
> Do consider that this is all in the trunk, and might be unstable,
> especially with when attempting undo/redo.
>
> Check back here if it worked for you,
> João
>
> On 05/12/2010 01:38 AM, João wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I think what Luke is looking for is a snippet that dinamically adds
> > fields to itself as you enter text in one of the mirros. This is not
> > possible currently, unfortunately, and it would take considerable effort
> > to do so.
>
> > Nevertheless this pydox snippet is very close to solution I'm looking
> > into which is having one snippet expand the string and mirror the fields
> > in the end. When you exit that snippet another, second snippet is
> > expanded. This second snippet is built much like your python-doxygen
> > snippet.
>
> > For this to work nicely, a small feature needs to be added, which is
> > per-snippet exit hooks. I'll get back to this tomorrow.
>
> > Joao
>
> > PS: Any more interesting python snippets like this one that you might
> > consider contributing?
>
> > On 05/12/2010 12:54 AM, jpkotta wrote:
>
> >> On May 11, 10:44 am, Luke<mmmasterl...@...> wrote:
> >>> Hello,
>
> >>> congratulations on YASnippet, I love it!
>
> >>> I read in [1] how to create snippets dynamically based on user input
> >>> before the snippet is created.
> >>> Is it possible to create snippets based on a field value of a snippet
> >>> AFTER the expansion has started?
>
> >>> What I have in mind are formatted Python strings:
>
> >>> 'I would like %d %s(s), please' % (nr, item)
>
> >>> I'd like a snippet that counts the number of "%" characters while I'm
> >>> typing a string and then adds the correct number of tuple elements
> >>> behind the string. Each element should be a field and the fields
> >>> should be separated by commas.
>
> >>> For example, when I type
>
> >>> 'the avlue of %s is between %d and %d'
>
> >>> I'd like
>
> >>> "% (arg1, arg2, arg3)"
>
> >>> to be inserted with argN being a field so I can move around with TAB
> >>> and S-TAB without worrying about the commas.
>
> >>> Any suggestions?
>
> >>> Luke
>
> >>> [1]http://groups.google.com/group/smart-snippet/browse_thread/thread/f0e...
>
> >> It's possible. Here's a snippet for generating a Doxygen comment
> >> based on the arguments of a (python) function. doxymacs-find-next-
> >> func returns an alist of data about the function definition. You'd
> >> have to write a similar function to find and parse your string.
>
> >> ,----
> >> | # -*- mode: snippet -*-
> >> | # name: python-doxygen
> >> | # key: pydox
> >> | # type: command
> >> | # --
> >> | (let* ((next-func-alist (doxymacs-find-next-func))
> >> | (func-name (cdr (assoc 'func next-func-alist)))
> >> | (params-list (cdr (assoc 'args next-func-alist)))
> >> | (return-name (cdr (assoc 'return next-func-alist))) ;; broken
> >> in python
> >> | (snippet-text "")
> >> | (idx 1))
> >> | (setq snippet-text (format "## ${1:%s}\n" func-name))
> >> | (setq idx 2)
> >> | (dolist (param params-list)
> >> | (unless (string= param "self")
> >> | (setq snippet-text (concat snippet-text
> >> | (format "# \\param %s ${%d:
> >> (optional, default=${%d:None}) ${%d:?}}\n"
> >> | param idx (1+ idx) (+ 2
> >> idx))))
> >> | (setq idx (+ 3 idx))))
> >> | (setq snippet-text (concat snippet-text
> >> | (format "# \\return ${%d:%s}"
> >> | idx "None")))
> >> | (yas/expand-snippet snippet-text))
> >> `----
>
> >> It expands like this:
>
> >> ,----
> >> | ## foo
> >> | # \param a (optional, default=None) ?
> >> | # \param b (optional, default=None) ?
> >> | # \param c (optional, default=None) ?
> >> | # \return None
> >> | def foo(a, b, c):
> >> | pass
> >> `----
>
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