Atom add comment snippit code#

That was a quick introduction to snippets in Atom. That snippet would look like this: '.source.gfm': Instead of always adding a javascript snippet i can add a tab stop to this snippet so that i always get to type what language i am highlighting.

Atom add comment snippit code#

To highlight code with Jekyll you type something like this: In this blog i also use a lot of code highlighting. source.gfm' : ' front matter' : ' prefix' : ' -' ' body' : ' ' ' - layout: post title: Proposales Electron app - My first freelance assignment categories: - Miscellaneous image: source: /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/proposales-electron-app-first-freelance.png width: 1200 height: 627 excerpt: - ' ' ' A snippet with tab stops This is an example of a snippet that works in markdown files to add front matter variables: '.

Body is what the trigger will be replaced with.

Prefix is what will trigger the snippet.

‘Snippet Name’ is the name of the snippet.

source.js is setting in which files the snippet will be active. source.js' : ' Snippet Name' : ' prefix' : ' Snippet Trigger' ' body' : ' Hello World!' The magic and mystery of the atom, as promoted during Atoms for Peace. When first pushing tab this is what we’ll get: '. reporters were also quick to comment on the successes of Three Mile Island. Now type snip and push tab to get a scaffold for creating your own snippet. Open up the snippets.cson file by clicking Atom->Snippets. Instead of typing that every time I create a post I can create a snippet that automatically finishes all that text after i type - and push tab. It's useful for long expressions you use often.

This posts front matter look like this: - layout : post title : The snippet to create all snippets in Atom editor categories : - Miscellaneous image : source : /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-snippet-to-create-all-snippets-in-atom-editor.png width : 1200 height : 627 excerpt : You can use a snippet to create snippets in Atom Editor. In Jekyll you start all posts with defining a few variables in front matter. In Atom and many other editors these can be inserted by typing a few words and then let the editor fill in the rest by pushing tab. This can be eased by using snippets in the Atom editor in which i write my posts.Ī snippet is a small region of code that you use often. I dislike it because it is a special case, and you can achieve the same thing with configuration in the package's snippet cson file by. Snippets are often scoped way too liberally, so having this sort of check in place would be nice. But I also got to type more to get a post published. It would be nice when in comments / strings to only display the snippets that apply to comments / strings.

After switching from Wordpress to Jekyll I got a lot faster load times.