Re: yasnippet and friends: usefull ?

[Richard Riley]

thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com writes:

> Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> Yes it's nice, i use it also.
>
>> (also, the instructions for "else" talk about installing help files into
>> ~/info which is wrong for most of us).
>
> For me it's in ~/elisp/info (but it can be anywhere else), 
> you have just to write this line
>
> ,----
> | * ELSE: (else).      Emacs Language Sensitive Editor mode.
> `----
>
> in your dir file.
>
> and also in .emacs:
>
> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "/home/you/elisp/info")

Yes, which is why the instructions are, I think, wrong. I didn't see
that line. Mind you I constantly prove my ineptitude with info files. In
Debian there are dir files all over the shop and invariably make files
stick the info file in the wrong place..

>
>>>
>>> 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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