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Description
It'd be nice to have an event we could hook into when a snippet is used. It would be great if the
the ast of the snippet, the variables, and maybe snippet metadata like name was passed to the handler.
Alternatively (or additionally) allow editor commands to act like snippets (e.g. set "variables" to
tab to, etc.) This would enable dynamic snippets that can expand or shape the snippet based on command
output.
A very simple mock up:
/* VSCode snippet example */
"Comment Help with PowerShell Output": {
"prefix": "CommentHelp",
"body": [
"<#",
".SYNOPSIS",
" ${Short description}",
".DESCRIPTION",
" ${Long description}",
".NOTES",
" Date: ${PowerShell1:Get-Date -Format MM-dd-yyyy}",
".LINK",
" ${PowerShell2:Get-Command -Module \\$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.Name}",
"#>"
]
}
# PowerShell event handler.
$eventHandler = {
param($snippetVariables)
foreach ($variable in $snippetVariables) {
if ($variable.Name.StartsWith('PowerShell')) {
$script = [scriptblock]::Create($variable.Value)
$output = & $script
$psEditor.GetEditorContext().CurrentFile.InsertText($output, $variable.Range)
}
}
}
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Short description
.DESCRIPTION
Long description
.NOTES
Date: 04-12-2017
.LINK
Get-Function1
Get-Function2
Get-Function3
#>