improve readme - snip - simple and native snippet expansion for vim
HTML git clone git://kroovy.de/snip
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
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DIR commit ec5276504b9222b35770267e4f69960a5f19fc3a
DIR parent b8802ef2d1b8d8a1e1e277c37d7786003a42c9d5
HTML Author: kroovy <me@kroovy.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:25:53 +0200
improve readme
Diffstat:
M README | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-This is somewhat of a hack, to the SnipMate plugin.
-Offers the abiity to insert preconfigured text snippets
-when typing a keyword in normal mode (not insert mode!).
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This is somewhat of a hack to mimic SnipMate/TextMate plugins.
+Offers the ability to insert preconfigured text snippets
+when typing a keyword in vim normal mode (not insert mode!).
For example you type:
@@ -18,4 +20,14 @@ For each snipped you wanna use you need a line in your
nnoremap ,for :read $HOME/.vim/snip/for<CR>
-Note: As you can see this uses the (pseudo) prefix: ','
+Note: As you can see I use the (pseudo) prefix: ','
+
+
+INSTALL
+-------
+
+1) CLONE
+git clone git://kroovy.de/snip ~/.vim/snip
+
+2) ENABLE
+echo 'nnoremap ,for :read $HOME/.vim/snip/for<CR>' >> ~/.vimrc