Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Snippets: Use ASCII ellipsis for the cursor placeholder (957b49b)

2017-07-27 Thread elextr
> I didn't meant for this to be the syntax but the result. For the syntax I > would rather suggest something like %cursor=function_name% or similar, > extending the current syntax in what seems at a glance like a compatible way. Ok, fine. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed

Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Snippets: Use ASCII ellipsis for the cursor placeholder (957b49b)

2017-07-27 Thread Colomban Wendling
> And yeah a semantic snippet placeholder might be a nice future improvement, > but [ ] is a common language syntax, so I suspect it may get used in > snippets, so another syntax for indicating the placeholder might be better […] I didn't meant for this to be the syntax but the result. For the

Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Snippets: Use ASCII ellipsis for the cursor placeholder (957b49b)

2017-07-27 Thread Colomban Wendling
> I disagree that it looks better, I prefer one char. Unfortunately … is > troublesome. Well, I don't feel like `_` really looks like a placeholder in the context of programming. Maybe a space would fit better for only one ASCII character? > I then chose _ because it's also less likely to

Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Snippets: Use ASCII ellipsis for the cursor placeholder (957b49b)

2017-07-24 Thread Thomas Martitz
I disagree that it looks better, I prefer one char. Unfortunately … is troublesome. I then chose _ because it's also less likely to mess up the tagmanager due to syntax errors introduced by the ellipsis. I don't feel very strong about it, though. -- You are receiving this because you are