Is there a way to wrap the code block inside monitor block?

[rishabkshk]

Can I select a code block and wrap it inside a monitor block and then the cursor directly moves to on-error for me to add the handling of the exception? I tried to use snippets but it replaces the actual selected code with monitor block. This works for commenting multiple lines. Something similar like below java code for example.

[sebjulliand]

@worksofliam I'll try something...

[sebjulliand]

Not now but maybe later!

[rishabkshk]

Not now but maybe later!

Thanks again! Btw for custom snippets, I got the extension in this discussion working.

[sebjulliand]

That's good to know!
I decided to have a custom implementation for your need because it allows to check if the code you want to wrap is Free RPG, and it will also surround a whole selection or a line, depending on what you have selected in the editor when running the action - I wanted it to be clever with RPGLE 😉

[rishabkshk]

That's good to know! I decided to have a custom implementation for your need because it allows to check if the code you want to wrap is Free RPG, and it will also surround a whole selection or a line, depending on what you have selected in the editor when running the action - I wanted it to be clever with RPGLE 😉

Which means it will be surrounded by fixed/free as per the code block? That's visionary.👏

[sebjulliand]

It can only surround Free RPGLE; but it will try to do it in a clever way 😊
Here goes: codefori/vscode-rpgle#223

[Wright4i]

I'd recommend looking at the extension marketplace. "Surround With" seems like it'd do the trick.

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[chrjorgensen]

Did a quick search in the extension marketplace for "surround with", and this extension looks the most promising with configurable snippets:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yatki.vscode-surround

[chrjorgensen]

Digging into this, it seems like snippets can do it (as @worksofliam wrote) by using the variable TM_SELECTED_TEXT in the snippet.
See more here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables

This snippet will do the trick:

  "monitor": {
    "prefix": "monitor",
    "body": [
      "monitor;\n  $TM_SELECTED_TEXT\non-error $0;\nendmon;"
    ],
    "description": "Surround block with MONITOR"
  }

Select your statement, press F1 and type snip and select the command Snippets: Insert Snippet and choose the one called monitor. Your statement will now be surrounded by monitor/on-error/endmon and the cursor is placed at the on-error statement.

So installing an extension is not required to get this functionality.

[rishabkshk]

I was able to define a custom snippet using the extension you described. Below is my snippet.

"surround.custom": {
        "Monitor": {
            "label": "monitor",
            "description": "Wrap inside monitor-block",
            "snippet": "Monitor; \n $TM_SELECTED_TEXT \n On-Error;  \n   Exsr ErrorLog;\nEndMon;\n", 
            "languageIds": [ "*" ]
        }
    },

I will check for vscode's inbuilt snippets method too.