vim snipMate: expand snippet within a snippet

Question

Using vim-snipmate I have the following problem: If I try to expand a snippet within a snippet, snipmate takes me to the next placeholder of the current snippet instead of expanding the new snippet.

e.g.: If you press tab in the following situation:

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    ifi<press tab here>
}

I would expect:

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if (<cursor position>) ;
}

but what I get is the following:

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    ifi
}<cursor position>

Is there a way to expand snippets within snippets or at least a way to suppress going to the next placeholder?

best regards

Ingo Karkat · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-14 14:11:19Z

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The original snipMate did not support recursive snippet expansion. Apparently, the fork doesn't, neither. It wouldn't hurt to ask on the project's issue tracker for such support.

A modern alternative (that requires Python though) is UltiSnips. As far as I know, this one does support snippets within snippets.

answered Apr 14, 2014 at 14:11

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crs Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer, I will definitely take a look at UltiSnips. But besides another plugin, is it possible to stop the current "tab through the snippet"-process in snipMate?

Ingo Karkat Over a year ago

:unlet g:snipPos will disrupt the current snippet expansion by clearing the plugin's context.

Luc Hermitte · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-14 15:46:16Z

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lh-cpp and mu-template support snippets within snippets, and even snippets that expand snippets (e.g. switch snippet relies on case snippet).

However, snippets syntax has nothing to do with the one from snipMate and consorts. And the placeholders system used is the old-school one.

answered Apr 14, 2014 at 15:46

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crs Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer, but it looks like that both of the plugins you posted don't support snippets for python/html snippets. Unfortunately, the latter is a criterion for excluding for me.

Luc Hermitte Over a year ago

mu-template perfectly supports html/python/whatever. It's just that if the snippets don't exist yet, you'll have to write them (or to send me a draft of what is missing)

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