Using visual selections in snippets?

[Oneechan69]

For instance, I want to visually select text, and use a hotkey to trigger a snippet which surrounds the section with a markdown code block with my cursor at the end of the first line to write the language name. I looked through the documentation and all I found was $TM_SELECTED_TEXT but I couldn't get it working.

local mdCodeBlock =  s({trig = "````", name = "Codeblock"}, fmt([[
    ````{}
		$TM_SELECTED_TEXT
    ````
    ]], {
      i(1)
  }))

[L3MON4D3]

Oh, add something like ls.setup({store_selection_keys="<Tab>"}) to your config (or, if you already have ls.setup, add the store_selection_keys-part). Then you can use <Tab> (or any other hotkey), and the next snippet should have TM_SELECTED_TEXT :)

[whoop-t]

Oh, add something like ls.setup({store_selection_keys="<Tab>"}) to your config (or, if you already have ls.setup, add the store_selection_keys-part). Then you can use <Tab> (or any other hotkey), and the next snippet should have TM_SELECTED_TEXT :)

Wont this delete the highlighted selection?

Is there a way to do it without deleting?

[L3MON4D3]

It will, but the selection can be reinserted immediately.
Why is that an issue? extmarks?

[whoop-t]

@L3MON4D3

I'm trying to create a snippet where you can highlight something like a variable, then trigger the snippet and insert that variable into the snippet without deleting what is selected.

Like say I want to highlight a variable and then insert a print/log statement for that variable for debugging. Since the above way deletes/reinserts the word it doesn't really work without altering the line I'm trying to use for the snippet.

[L3MON4D3]

Ohhh okay, gotcha :)

You can use "$CLIPBOARD", it is a variable that contains text in the unnamed register, ie. the last yank.
Use it like log("$CLIPBOARD", $CLIPBOARD)