Re: [TextMate] questions about snippets

On 20. Oct 2004, at 19:02, kumar mcmillan wrote:

1. are snippets stored anywhere on the system? Looked in the Library

but couldn't find anything. Was wondering if they are in XML files somewhere to be backed up or shared/

Yes, they are in: ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Bundles/Custom.tmbundle/Snippets/

2. is there a way to use TM variables in snippets? specifically, I

was hoping to insert $TM_DATE in the snippet somwhere.

The TM_DATE is not among the default variables.

But in a snippet you can execute normal shell commands by embedding them in back-ticks (if you're running one of the betas).

So e.g. do: »(c) `date +%Y` Your name« to get the year.

Kind regards Allan