[quote=ācastles_made_of_sandā]Itās pretty cool what youāve been able to do with a little regex and some persistence
Personally, Iād like to see a snippet templating language implemented in python with transformations/includes etc.[/quote]
Thank you. Such a template wouldnāt be quite as interesting though?
My underscore idea works really well. I donāt need it to keep jumping to a second line, it just replaces the current help text on the same line. It disappears after typing two more characters, and I donāt even need to delete the underscore
BTW I was a little (a lot!) ambitious thinking I could just examine a few python files to steer me towards creating a plug-in. But I shouldnāt need to spend hours and hours studying Python and the Plugins API. I just need a kick-start.
How do I read input from the console? How do I trap the onchange event? How do I send output to the view, and console?
I anticipate the trickiest thing would be dealing with Backspace or the user repositioning the cursor