C++ snippet support in visual studio?
- by Jeremy Bell
I'm writing code in native C++ (not C++/CLR). I know that there is no built-in support for C++ with regards to the snippet manager and snipper picker interfaces, however I found a utility called "snippy" which supposedly can generate C++ snippets. Here is a c++ snippet that the program generated:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>MySnippet</Title>
<Shortcut>MySnippet</Shortcut>
<Description>Just a test snippet</Description>
<Author>Me</Author>
<SnippetTypes>
<SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
</SnippetTypes>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal Editable="true">
<ID>literal1</ID>
<ToolTip>just a placeholder</ToolTip>
<Default>
</Default>
<Function>
</Function>
</Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="cpp"><![CDATA[cout << "$literal1$" << std::endl;]]></Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
If there is support in visual C++, even in a limited capacity, for C++ snippets, how do I add them to my environment, and what are the limitations? All I need is support for basic expansion snippets that I can invoke by typing a shortcut and hitting tab, and which supports basic literals that I can tab through (basically, if it supports the above snippet, I'm good). If this can't be done, are there any free add-ons or extensions to visual studio that support snippets for C++? I'm using both visual studio 2010 and 2008, but I mostly write code in 2010 right now.
