Add an on snippet event to psEditor API

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#439 opened on Apr 12, 2017 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 5/5
Estimated time: Over a week
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: csharp, powershell
Domain: api, tooling

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or implementation entry points. Start by locating the psEditor API and the existing snippet-handling path, then clarify whether the goal is an event, command-backed snippets, or both. Done should include a defined handler contract for snippet AST, variables, and metadata, with behavior and tests covering the chosen scope.

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Description

Area-psEditor Issue-Enhancement

It'd be nice to have an event we could hook into when a snippet is used. It would be great if the
the ast of the snippet, the variables, and maybe snippet metadata like name was passed to the handler.
Alternatively (or additionally) allow editor commands to act like snippets (e.g. set "variables" to
tab to, etc.) This would enable dynamic snippets that can expand or shape the snippet based on command
output.

A very simple mock up:

/* VSCode snippet example */
"Comment Help with PowerShell Output": {
    "prefix": "CommentHelp",
    "body": [
        "<#",
        ".SYNOPSIS",
        "    ${Short description}",
        ".DESCRIPTION",
        "    ${Long description}",
        ".NOTES",
        "    Date: ${PowerShell1:Get-Date -Format MM-dd-yyyy}",
        ".LINK",
        "    ${PowerShell2:Get-Command -Module \\$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.Name}",
        "#>"
    ]
}

# PowerShell event handler.
$eventHandler = {
    param($snippetVariables)
    foreach ($variable in $snippetVariables) {
        if ($variable.Name.StartsWith('PowerShell')) {
            $script = [scriptblock]::Create($variable.Value)
            $output = & $script
            $psEditor.GetEditorContext().CurrentFile.InsertText($output, $variable.Range)
        }
    }
}

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Short description
.DESCRIPTION
    Long description
.NOTES
    Date: 04-12-2017
.LINK
    Get-Function1
    Get-Function2
    Get-Function3
#>

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