Snippy.el

VSCode/LSP snippet support for Emacs with Yasnippet.

main-demo.mp4

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Installation
• Configuration
• How it was made

Introduction

Translates VSCode/LSP snippets and expands them with Yasnippet.

Perfect for users who find yasnippet-snippets too limited and want access to the vast ecosystem of modern editor templates.

Default Snippets collection is Friendly Snippets

Features

Specification

Automatic mode detection

autodetection.mp4

Tabstops

tabstops.mp4

Placeholders

placeholders.mp4

Choices

choices.mp4

Variables

vars.mp4

Installation

(use-package snippy
  :vc (:url "https://github.com/MiniApollo/snippy.git"
            :branch "main"
            :rev :newest)
  :hook (after-init . global-snippy-minor-mode)
  :custom
  (snippy-global-languages '("global")) ;; Recomended
  ;; Optional
  ;; (snippy-install-dir (expand-file-name <Your location>))
  ;; Use different snippet collections
  ;; (snippy-source '("Your git repo" . "my-snippets-dir"))
  :config
  (snippy-install-or-update-snippets) ;; Autoupdate git repo
  (add-hook 'completion-at-point-functions #'snippy-capf)) ;; Or merge them with Yasnippet or eglot capf

Configuration

Package Variables

• snippy-install-dir: Directory where to install/clone snippets.
• snippy-source: The source details for downloading snippets (Both needed).
  • Repository URL
  • Directory Name (Cloned repo dir name)
• snippy-global-languages: List of languages to enable globally across all major modes.
• snippy-emacs-to-vscode-lang-alist: Alist mapping Emacs major modes to VSCode language identifiers. Check languages in Friendly Snippets repo

Functions

• snippy-install-or-update-snippets: Install or update snippet git repo in snippy-install-dir.
• snippy-refresh-snippets: Force an update on the snippets for the current buffer.
• snippy-expand: Expand snippet by prefix.
• snippy-expand-snippet: Expand VSCode snippet body.
• snippy-capf: Complete with snippy at point.

Modes

• snippy-minor-mode: Toggle snippy in the current buffer.
• global-snippy-minor-mode: Toggle snippy in all buffers.

How it was made

This package was made as a challenge to create an Emacs package as fast as possible.

AI was heavily used. So there might be some weird/bad code here and there :P

This package was made in two days. I think it turned out really good. Enjoy.