Override default snippets in Atom

Question

I am trying to override default snippets in Atom, because I want to change the default script snippet from

<script charset="utf-8"></script>

to

<script src=""></script>

I have put the following into snippets.cson.

'.text.html':
  'Comment':
    'prefix': 'com'
    'body': '<!-- $1-->'
  'Script':
    'prefix': 'script'
    'body': '<script src="$1"></script>'

My 'com' snippet works fine. But script results in the default snippet, not my new one.

SufferMyJoy · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-26 15:30:49Z

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Add a snippet that overwrites an existing snippet
Quit Atom
Start Atom
Trigger the newly added snippet, and the original snippet will trigger
Open the ~/.atom/snippets.cson file and Save the file (no changes need be made)
Trigger the snippet again and it will use the customized version

Apparently its a bug right now.

via https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/2695

answered Aug 26, 2014 at 15:30

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3 Comments

Epigene Over a year ago

Just quitting and starting again worked for me on Atom 1.2.4

SufferMyJoy Over a year ago

Hey, sorry but I don't use Atom anymore so I have no idea if this works on newer versions. It seems like since this was a bug they would have fixed it eventually though.

philx_x Over a year ago

is there a file which holds all the atom core snippets so i can see how it's done by default?

Stephen Rauch · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-14 03:49:07Z

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As of 1.19.5 I can override atoms default snippets by using the traditional procedure for creating snippets, which is written in coffeescript. For example, overwriting my require method looks something like . . .

    '.source.[*yourlanguage*]':

    'Require':
    'prefix': 'r'
    'body': "require '$1' "

More descriptively

Navigate to "snippets" via the file dropdown menu.
Follow the instructions listed, or continue with me.
Copy and paste the code I've provided above, below. Replace the yourlanguage with the language you are writing the code for you.
Open a new file, type the character following the 'prefix':, press tab.
This should give you enough information to contextually figure out how to both overwrite, and write original snippets.

edited Sep 14, 2017 at 3:49

Stephen Rauch♦

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answered Sep 14, 2017 at 3:27

Ashe Austaire

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