snippets/old_snippets/vim-placeholders.en.md

title	date	draft	snippet_types
custom placeholders solution	2020-01-12T00:59:03+01:00	false	vim

This little bit of magic I believe I picked up from watching a Luke Smith video. The point is to leave placeholders in the form of the text "<++>" in your code/writing then quickly snap to and fill them in later.

" placeholder magic
nnoremap <Space><Space> <Esc>/<++<CR>"_c4l
nnoremap <Space>n <Esc>l/<++><CR>h
" always fill p reg with <++>
:autocmd VimEnter * :call setreg('p', '<++>')

1. Thanks to the vim enter hook the magic placeholder text is always in my p register so its easy to put with <"><p>
2. Then to jump to the next placeholder and immediately start editing it with a simple <Space><Space>

{{< asciicast-with-caption id="293101" title="placeholders demo" >}}

source:

• Luke Smith Youtube Channel