Custom (bespoke) Snippets in VS Code for IBMi

[mikemoegling-wbs]

On my end the clock is ticking for when as an organization we move off of RDi to VS Code. I have been a power user in RDi and previously WDSC using custom snippets to automate my work and match code and other bits to fit personal and organizational standards. Good examples are code headings, subfile code (RPGLE), display file bits, and other things that are unique and not part of the global snippets.

In RDi I am using the snippet view in the RSE perspective and building them there and they insert nicely.

I do love the snippets that auto file in code for i, and many of them are ones I have built myself and now they are magically there. Is there a way in VS code, or a future way of doing the same type of thing coming soon. It may already be there, and I am just not doing something right.

Thanks,
Mike

[worksofliam]

We don't have a way to create snippets through the UI. But vs Code does have a way to manage it through a configuration file. Here is a link to the documentation:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets

[mikemoegling-wbs]

Thank you Liam. I will check this out. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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[mikemoegling-wbs]

Liam, I sent a quick reply from my phone but wanted to say thanks for the quick response and being so helpful to the community and myself. The coding paradigm is changing and I started out coding in a Windows environment, SEU and PDM were a difficult learn for me and feel it was a historical effort by IBM to develop the programming environment on this platform. It would not be here if not for the tools on the platform. VS Code is birthing a new world for IBMi development and development in general. I do have a ways to go to be as efficient in it as I am in RDi, but maybe its time for new tools and techniques which I see in action on the Code for Fridays. Cheers Mike Moegling RPG Programmer Wolff Bros. Supply, Inc. 6078 Wolff Rd. Medina, OH 44256 Email: ***@***.******@***.***> Web: www.wolffbros.com<http://www.wolffbros.com/> ***@***.***<https://www.wolffbros.com/> ***@***.***<https://showroom.wolffbros.com/> From: LJ ***@***.***> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2025 6:54 PM To: codefori/vscode-ibmi ***@***.***> Cc: Michael Moegling ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [codefori/vscode-ibmi] Custom (bespoke) Snippets in VS Code for IBMi (Discussion #2518) We don't have a way to create snippets through the UI. But vs Code does have a way to manage it through a configuration file. Here is a link to the documentation: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets - Reply to this email dire Warning: Unusual sender ***@***.******@***.***>> You don't usually receive emails from this address. Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions. We don't have a way to create snippets through the UI. But vs Code does have a way to manage it through a configuration file. Here is a link to the documentation: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets - Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#2518 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BM3ABLOLJVAXDCF7YY33E7T2QJY7ZAVCNFSM6AAAAABXKF2466VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTEMRTGAZDIMQ>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>