vim snipMate：在代码段中展开代码段

Question

Using vim-snipmate I have the following problem: If I try to expand a snippet within a snippet, snipmate takes me to the next placeholder of the current snippet instead of expanding the new snippet.

eg: If you press tab in the following situation:

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    ifi<press tab here>
}

I would expect:

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if (<cursor position>) ;
}

but what I get is the following:

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    ifi
}<cursor position>

Is there a way to expand snippets within snippets or at least a way to suppress going to the next placeholder?

best regards

Answer 1

The original snipMate did not support recursive snippet expansion. Apparently, the fork doesn't, neither. It wouldn't hurt to ask on the project's issue tracker for such support.

A modern alternative (that requires Python though) is UltiSnips . As far as I know, this one does support snippets within snippets.

Answer 2

lh-cpp and mu-template support snippets within snippets, and even snippets that expand snippets (eg switch snippet relies on case snippet).

However, snippets syntax has nothing to do with the one from snipMate and consorts. And the placeholders system used is the old-school one.