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bopol
bopol

Reputation: 121

Atom: how to make newlines with snippets

I'm trying to create a simple snippet:

'.source.c':
    'prinf':
        'prefix': 'souf'
        'body': 'printf("%$1\n");'

The problem is: it actually makes the newline instead of writing \n:

printf("%
    ");

I want: printf("%\n");

I've also tried \\n in the body of the snippet, but it only writes n: printf("%n");

Do you know how to? Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 218

Answers (2)

Birrel
Birrel

Reputation: 4834

Late to the show, but per their docs, you use a triple quotation syntax """.

Their example is:

'.source.js':
  'if, else if, else':
    'prefix': 'ieie'
    'body': """
      if (${1:true}) {
        $2
      } else if (${3:false}) {
        $4
      } else {
        $5
      }
    """

It's coffee script or something. But I just wrote a .then().catch() using this method and it worked great.

Upvotes: 0

wjandrea
wjandrea

Reputation: 33159

You need to use four backslashes.

'body': 'printf("%$1\\\\n");'

From what I can tell, the first pair are used when setting the snippet (c.f. \n), the second pair are used when using the snippet (c.f. \\$1).

Upvotes: 1

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