Re: Clippings with multiple similarly-named substitution placeholders

[Gregg Thomason]

Don't forget to send email to supp...@barebones.com with the feature 
request. I've sent a version of this (if not this exactly) before, I think; 
never underestimate the power of "upvotes".

On Friday, September 6, 2013 11:00:44 AM UTC-4, Damian Carrillo wrote:
>
> Hi All, 
>
> If I have a clipping that uses #PLACEHOLDERSTART# and #PLACEHOLDEREND# to 
> bracket a substitution placeholder, is there any way to make the "label" 
> between the start and end apply across multiple similarly-named 
> placeholders. For example, picture a typical mutator after the clipping has 
> been inserted into a document: 
>
> void setSomething(SomeType <#name#>) { 
>this.<#name#> = <#name#>; 
> } 
>
> Is there anyway to have the second and third <#name#> be replaced with the 
> value I type into the first? 
>
>
> Thanks, 
>
> Damian

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Re: Clippings with multiple similarly-named substitution placeholders

[Damian Carrillo]

All,

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into further assistance with AppleScript 
even though it's not very arduous to enter the same text a few times.

Regards,

Damian

> On Sep 8, 2013, at 3:03 PM, "G. T. Stresen-Reuter"  
> wrote:
> 
> On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Oliver Taylor  wrote:
> 
>>> Is there anyway to have the second and third <#name#> be replaced with the 
>>> value I type into the first?
>> 
>> I'd love to be proven wrong, but as far as I can tell this (much vaunted 
>> TextMate feature) is not possible.
>> 
>> However, you could write an AppleScript that would prompt you for the #name# 
>> and insert/transform the text you want.
> 
> You may also be able to use the #selection# placeholder and then, type the 
> name, select it, and then select the clipping from the menu (or assign a 
> keyboard shortcut to it). Not optimal, but not terrible either.
> 
> Ted
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Re: Clippings with multiple similarly-named substitution placeholders

[G. T. Stresen-Reuter]

On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Oliver Taylor  wrote:

>> Is there anyway to have the second and third <#name#> be replaced with the 
>> value I type into the first?
> 
> I'd love to be proven wrong, but as far as I can tell this (much vaunted 
> TextMate feature) is not possible.
> 
> However, you could write an AppleScript that would prompt you for the #name# 
> and insert/transform the text you want.

You may also be able to use the #selection# placeholder and then, type the 
name, select it, and then select the clipping from the menu (or assign a 
keyboard shortcut to it). Not optimal, but not terrible either.

Ted

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Re: Clippings with multiple similarly-named substitution placeholders

[Oliver Taylor]

On Sep 6, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Damian Carrillo  wrote:

> Is there anyway to have the second and third <#name#> be replaced with the 
> value I type into the first?

I'd love to be proven wrong, but as far as I can tell this (much vaunted 
TextMate feature) is not possible.

However, you could write an AppleScript that would prompt you for the #name# 
and insert/transform the text you want.

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Clippings with multiple similarly-named substitution placeholders

[Damian Carrillo]

Hi All,

If I have a clipping that uses #PLACEHOLDERSTART# and #PLACEHOLDEREND# to 
bracket a substitution placeholder, is there any way to make the "label" 
between the start and end apply across multiple similarly-named placeholders. 
For example, picture a typical mutator after the clipping has been inserted 
into a document:

void setSomething(SomeType <#name#>) {
   this.<#name#> = <#name#>;
}

Is there anyway to have the second and third <#name#> be replaced with the 
value I type into the first?


Thanks,

Damian

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