Button to copy snippet text / possibly already to user defined snippet file

[robole]

Button to copy snippet text / possibly already to user defined snippet file

[robole]

hi @skwde ,

Thanks for your interest in the extension.

I understand that its awkward to deal with the builtin snippets. The files are set to read-only by default. They are not meant to be modified. Personally, I disable the ones I don't want and write my own snippet in a language snippet file/user snippet file.

What do you wish to copy exactly? For example, the "Insert fenced code block" markdown snippet as below.

"Insert fenced code block": {
    "prefix": "fenced codeblock",
    "body": [
      "```${1|python,c,c++,c#,ruby,go,java,php,htm,css,javascript,json,markdown,console|}",
      "${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}$0",
      "```"
    ],
    "description": "Insert fenced code block"
  },

If you want to copy a field such as body, you can copy from the webview directly - its like a web page. Just highlight the text and the usual copy shortcuts work: Ctrl+C on keyboard, or right-click and select Copy from the context menu.

I'm not sure when I would be able to get to this. This is nice to have but is not an important feature to add.

All the best

Rob

[skwde]

Hi @robole, thanks for your quick reply.

Yes, I agree that modifying those is awkward. I'll do the same. I do not modify those but rather create my own.
Sometimes I just want to override say the trigger and in that case it would be helpful to quickly copy the entire default snippet.

"Insert fenced code block": {
    "prefix": "fenced codeblock",
    "body": [
      "```${1|python,c,c++,c#,ruby,go,java,php,htm,css,javascript,json,markdown,console|}",
      "${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}$0",
      "```"
    ],
    "description": "Insert fenced code block"
  },

to put it quickly into my own snippet file.