Atom -- snippets not working

Question

The following are two of the snippets I have scripted in snippets.cson file:

'.source.python':
  'print statement':
    'prefix': 'pr'
    'body' : 'print "${1:Hello world}"'


'.source.python':
  'Argument variables import':
    'prefix' : 'argv'
    'body' : 'from sys import argv'

The first one doesn't work, but the second one does. Help please.

Ps.

The snippets file was BLANK when I first installed atom on my machine. I use Ubuntu 16.04. Is that normal?

jwir3 jwir3 · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-26T14:39:33

I believe the root of your problem is that your scope .source.python was declared twice.

To answer your second question first, No, my snippets.cson file was not blank when I first opened it. Instead, it contained the following:

# Your snippets
#
# Atom snippets allow you to enter a simple prefix in the editor and hit tab to
# expand the prefix into a larger code block with templated values.
#
# You can create a new snippet in this file by typing "snip" and then hitting
# tab.
#
# An example CoffeeScript snippet to expand log to console.log:
#
# '.source.coffee':
#   'Console log':
#     'prefix': 'log'
#     'body': 'console.log $1'
#
# Each scope (e.g. '.source.coffee' above) can only be declared once.
#
# This file uses CoffeeScript Object Notation (CSON).
# If you are unfamiliar with CSON, you can read more about it in the
# Atom Flight Manual:
# http://flight-manual.atom.io/using-atom/sections/basic-customization/#_cson

(This is on MacOS, though).

Notice how it instructs you that each scope can only be declared once. I think if you modify your two snippets to be included in the same scope, they will work as expected.

Changing your snippets.cson to the following appears to work for me:

'.source.python':
  'print statement':
    'prefix': 'pr'
    'body' : 'print "${1:Hello world}"'

  'Argument variables import':
    'prefix' : 'argv'
    'body' : 'from sys import argv'

I can access both snippets from the snippets import menu once I make the .source.python scope unique.

Atom -- snippets not working

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