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0.1.1	Dec 19, 2023

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A CLI (snip-cli) Tool for Managing Neovim and VSCode Snippets

Note: This is an additional tools to be used with my Neovide Neovim rust setup.

VSCode Snippet Compatible

Installation

You can Download and Install snip-cli on Releases Page Note: on MacOS you might need to go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General and click Open Anyway to install it

Note: on Windows you might need to Add the command to ENV PATH

Install it using Cargo

cargo install snip-cli --bin snip

Managing Multiple Snippets File for Different Languages

You can use the command snip config <path> to change the Snippets File on Runtime.

Note: This is quite useful when you want to manage different Snippets File for different languages.

Location of Config Path

The DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH is ~/.config/nvim/snippets/rust/rust.json as set on src/constants.rs and is used during the build process,

but you can change it by setting the SNIP_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.

Usage:

Help

snip
# or
snip --help

Output

snip
/Users/uriah/.config/nvim/snippets/rust/rust.json
A CLI tool for managing Neovim LuaSnip Rust snippets

Usage: snip <COMMAND>

Commands:
  add         Adds entry to Snippet Collection file
  rm          Removes entry from Snippet Collection file
  edit        Edits entry in Snippet Collection file
  ls          Lists all entries in Snippet Collection file
  show        Gets entry from Snippet Collection file
  search      Searches for entries in Snippet Collection file
  config      Configures the Snippet Collection file
  update-key
  help        Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

Add new snippet

# help
snip add --help
# Add Snippet
snip add --key <key> --value <value> --description <description> -- "<snippet>"

Remove snippet

# help
snip remove --help
# Remove Snippet
snip remove --key <key>

List all snippets

# help
snip ls --help
# Usage
snip ls <LIST_OPTION | (key or prefix)>
# List all Keys
snip ls key
# List all Prefixes
snip ls prefix

Output

snip ls key
/Users/uriah/.config/nvim/snippets/rust/rust.json
[src/main.rs:468] list_option = Key
impl_iterator
serialize_to_json_string
impl_add_trait
impl_vec_iterator
unwrap_or_else
impl_deref
impl_debug_single_field
deserialize_json_string
impl_display_single_field
import_serde_traits
impl_clone_single_field

Update Key

# help
snip update-key --help
# Update Key
snip update-key  --old-key <old-key> --new-key <new-key>

Output

snip update-key --old-key "Fuzz match String" --new-key "fuzzy-match-string"
/Users/uriah/.config/nvim/snippets/rust/rust.json
[src/main.rs:499] &old_key = "Fuzz match String"
[src/main.rs:499] &new_key = "fuzzy-match-string"

Update Snippet

# help
snip edit --help
# Update snippet Value
snip edit --key <key> --prefix <prefix> --description <description> -- "<snippet>"

Search Snippet

# help
snip search --help
# Search Snippet
snip search <ID | (key or prefix)> -- "<search_term>"

Output

snip search key -- impl
/Users/uriah/.config/nvim/snippets/rust/rust.json
[src/main.rs:490] id = Some(
    Key,
)
[src/main.rs:490] &name = "impl"
impl_deref

impl_clone_single_field

impl_iter_range

impl_partialeq_single_field

Show Snippet

# help
snip show --help
# Show Snippet
snip show <key_id>

Output

snip show impl_deref
/Users/uriah/.config/nvim/snippets/rust/rust.json
[src/main.rs:484] &key = "impl_deref"
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Key         | impl_deref                                                  |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Prefix      | impl_deref                                                  |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Description | Impl Deref and DerefMut traits for a custom type            |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Body        | use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};                            |
|             |                                                             |
|             | impl<${1:T}> Deref for ${2:YourConcreteStruct}<${1:T}> {    |
|             |     type Target = ${1:T};                                   |
|             |     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {                      |
|             |         &self.${3:your_field}                               |
|             |     }                                                       |
|             | }                                                           |
|             |                                                             |
|             | impl<${1:T}> DerefMut for ${2:YourConcreteStruct}<${1:T}> { |
|             |     fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {          |
|             |         &mut self.${3:your_field}                           |
|             |     }                                                       |
|             | }                                                           |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+

Config Snippet Note: This can be used to switch Configuration e.g. you wanna manage Python Snippet , you can do just pass in the PATH to that configuration file.

# help
snip config --help
# Config Snippet
snip config <path>

Dependencies

~7–19MB
~242K SLoC