vscode-snippet-from-file

Features

Insert code snippet from file (and automatically fold regions).

Usage

1. Add your snippets (title and directory) to settings.json by setting snippet-from-file.snippets

   • Directories should be specified by an absolute path
     • or you can set snippet-from-file.snippetbasedir and specify by a relative path if all snippets are in the same directory.

   {
       "snippet-from-file.snippets": {
           "SNIPPET TITLE 1": "/ANY/ABSOLUTE/PATH/snippet1.hpp",
           "SNIPPET TITLE 2": "/ANY/ABSOLUTE/PATH2/snippet2.hpp",
           ...
       }
   }
   

2. Reload VSCode

3. Open command palette (Press F1 or Ctrl-Shift-P)

4. Type snippet-from-file and select below:

   • snippet-from-file: Insert snippet: Just insert snippet from file
   • snippet-from-file: Insert snippet and fold all regions: Insert snippet and fold regions

5. Choose your snippet by typing your snippet title

6. Done!

Extension Settings

Configure extensinon settings by editing settings.json.

• snippet-from-file.snippets: Configure titles and directories of your snippets

Optional Settings

• snippet-from-file.snippetbasedir: Load snippet from this directory
• snippet-from-file.addregion: Add the region delimiter before/after your snippet
• snippet-from-file.beginregion: The region delimiter for each language extension before your snippet (string <SNIPPETTITLE> will be replaced to your snippet title)
• snippet-from-file.endregion: The region delimiter for each language extension after your snippet (string <SNIPPETTITLE> will be replaced to your snippet title)
• snippet-from-file.addregionexcept: Specify the snippet (by directory) that you don't want to add the region delimiter

Example

{
    "snippet-from-file.snippets": {
        "template": "template.hpp",
        "segmenttree": "datastructure/segmenttree.hpp",
        "sparsetable": "datastructure/sparsetable.hpp",
        "math primefactor": "math/primefactor.hpp"
    },
    "snippet-from-file.snippetbasedir": "/ANY/ABSOLUTE/PATH/",
    "snippet-from-file.addregion": true,
    "snippet-from-file.beginregion": {
        "cpp": "#pragma region <SNIPPETTITLE>",
        "py": "#region <SNIPPETTITLE>"
    },
    "snippet-from-file.endregion": {
        "cpp": "#pragma endregion",
        "py": "#endregion"
    },
    "snippet-from-file.regionexcludefile": [
        "template.hpp"
    ]
}

License

This extension releases under the MIT License.