Thanks for your suggestions guys, the Macros seemed to work but it has the same behavior as if it is used inside a para (it brakes the sentences in the middle). Let me back up a little, the item I am using this for is ActionScript (Flash) and there is a function within actionscript that is called Trace, similar to echo or print but for debugging purposes. So if I am writing my application by hand I would do something like this var i:Number = 10; trace (" Var i = " i); So I am trying to find a way to do it where i can just select a part of a sentence (in this case a variable) and have the result back when I need it instead of typing it by hand. but in this case the Macros still does something like this: var i trace("i =e + ir = 10; the snippet(which you guys figured out its not a good idea does the following: var trace("i = " i);:Number = 10; So anyways, I was thinking of doing something like this: 1. type the code -- var:i:Number = 10; 2. type the item I need to "trace" (in this case -i- by itself) 3. run macros or snipped and it shoudl work. I still would have to take an extra step but saves a little bit of typing. <div>On 1/24/07, Charilaos Skiadas <<a href="mailto:skiadas@hanover.edu"> skiadas@hanover.edu</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Jan 24, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Charilaos Skiadas wrote: > On Jan 24, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Helmut Granda wrote: >> and this works great if there is only one line of text but lets >> say I need to select a certain word in the middle of a pharragraph >> then i get the following >> >> before snippet: >> first word theText second word >> >> after snippet: >> first word theText theText = theText second word >> >> as you can tell the snippet inserts the comman din the middle of >> the sentence, is there a way to avoid that? > > You would need to use a command, that has as input the entire > document and output probably insert as snippet. Then you would have > to locate the line the caret is at, and then add a line right after > it with what you want. You then need to snippet-escape all the > regular text, and add a $0 at the correct location where you want > the caret to end up. > > Sorry, short on time here, but there are ruby libraries that make > most of the above very easy (for instance the escaping part). The > location can be found via the [dynamic environment variables] > [<a href="http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/">http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/</a> > environment_variables#environment_variables]. There are a number of > commands that do similar things in most bundles, certainly in > GTDAlt and LaTeX bundles. It should be a short 5-6 line ruby > script, if the text manipulation you want to do is simple like > above. I'll try to write an example when I get a chance. > >> TIA >> Helmut > I spoke too soon here. Actually there is no way to do what I described exactly. The gist of it is that you need to set the output of the command to "insert as snippet', so as to be able to decide where you want the caret to end. However, in order for the snippet to actually overwrite the entire text, you must make it so that TM thinks that there is a selection, and hence it should replace the selection when inserting the snippet. So the input should be selection with fallback document. But in your case you already have the selection there, so the whole document will never end up being entered as input. So I think as Dr. Drang suggested a macro is closer to what you want to do. Depending on whether this "theText" part is the same or different in each case, you would want to use a snippet or command or neither WITHIN your macro. If all you want is to solve the exact problem you described in the first message, then this is probably what you want (slightly different that Dr. Drang's suggestion): select the text you want. Start macro recording (Bundles -> Macros ...) Copy use cmd + right arrow to move to end of line Press Return Type "theText = " Paste Stop macro recording (Bundles -> Macros ...) Save scratch macro Test scratch macro > Haris > Haris ______________________________________________________________________ For new threads USE THIS: <a href="mailto:textmate@lists.macromates.com">textmate@lists.macromates.com</a> (threading gets destroyed and the universe will collapse if you don't) <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate">http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate</a> </blockquote></div>