Using $0 in snippets

v6
1

I have a language server hooked up to my codemirror 6 editor and I’m having issues getting $0, $1, … to work in snippets. Snippets using ${value} are working as expected but not the others. Has anyone implemented this before?

2

The docs are pretty clear that the syntax is ${0}, not $0.

3

Got it. Just wasn’t sure if both are supported since it’s standard for language servers and other snippets to use both.

4

For anyone who may encounter this in the future I’m just using this function to convert snippets to the CodeMirror compatible format.

function convertSnippetFormat(snippetTemplate: string) {
  return snippetTemplate.replace(/\$(\d+)/g, (_, number) => {
    // LSP $0 is supposed to be the last tab stop so we set it to a large number
    if (number === '0') {
      return '${999}';
    }
    return `\${${number}}`;
  });
}