Paste at cursor position

[micangl]

The plugin doesn't allow the user to select a position where the template should be inserted.

For example, if I set:

          template = "$FILE_NAME",

and I executed the paste command in the middle of a line of text, the file name would still be pasted in a new line.

The plugin should at least provide an option to let the result of the template expansion be inserted at the current position of the cursor.

Even better, there could be another lua api function, in addition to paste_image, which could also take the insertion position as an argument and return a table containing some data about the pasting operation (for example, the result of the template expansion, the path to the image, and so on).

One of the reasons, I think, this is quite important is that there isn't an easy way to handle multiple templates. For example, I use multiple types of figure in Latex; types of figure whose snippets are already handled by my snippet manager. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to try to find a way to manage multiple templates with this plugin, and the additional function would allow someone to integrated this plugin with their already existent snippets.

[hakonharnes]

Thanks for reporting.

The plugin should at least provide an option to let the result of the template expansion be inserted at the current position of the cursor.

Make sense. I will address this in the full rewrite later this year. I'm open to PRs in the meantime if people want it before then.

One of the reasons, I think, this is quite important is that there isn't an easy way to handle multiple templates. For example, I use multiple types of figure in Latex; types of figure whose snippets are already handled by my snippet manager. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to try to find a way to manage multiple templates with this plugin, and the additional function would allow someone to integrated this plugin with their already existent snippets.

Interesting! Perhaps this could be an alternative (or complementary) to the multiple template approach (see #83 and #99). Would you mind sharing a few of your templates so I can ensure the API implementation covers your needs? Again, this is something that would be addressed in the rewrite later this year.