How to insert a snippet from a plugin?

[senzo]

I write a plugin where i would like to insert a snippet (Packages/XML/long-tag.sublime-snippet) via

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self.view.run_command("insert_snippet"...

Does anybody know if this is possible? I can't figure it out. The snippet content looks like this:

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<content><![CDATA[<${1:p}>${2:$SELECTION}</${1/([^ ]+).*/$1/}>]]></content>

Thanks

[svenax]

Looks like the syntax is

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self.view.run_command("insert_snippet", { "name": "Packages/User/MySnippet.sublime-snippet" })

to use a snippet file, or

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self.view.run_command("insert_snippet", { "contents": "contents($0)" })

to insert a snippet string.

[senzo]

Thanks, that's actually what i tried. It didn't work because of a prepending self.view.sel().clear(). Without clearing everything works fine now.

[hibbelig]

Thanks, that's actually what i tried. It didn't work because of a prepending self.view.sel().clear(). Without clearing everything works fine now.

Heh. You removed the cursor by doing that...