I&#39;m making some custom templates (among other things) for my favorite languages, and I need some advice/best practices about them.<br><br>1. I heard that people are moving away from normal Templates and towards Snippets for this purpose; is this correct?<br>

<br>2. One advantage I see with Snippets is that it lets me set the filename (which I can then use) before calling the Snippet, which is not possible with a Template unless I&#39;m in a project. Is there some way around that with Templates?<br>

<br>3. As I make these Templates, I&#39;m finding a lot of common text between them, and when I want to tweak it across the board...well, it&#39;s like programming without functions. What, if anything, can I do to reduce redundancy in my templates?<br>

<br>Thanks,<br>Neil.<br>