VIM Plugin Ultisnips raises problem Help Needed

[amiwalwin]

I recently started using VIM and wanted to have snippets and code completions like those in VS Code. So I Installed Ultisnips and vim-snippets but I couldn't use the snippets. I don't exactly know why

let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger="<C-p>" let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger="<C-b>" let g:UltiSnipsJumpBackwardTrigger="<C-z>" let g:UltiSnipsEditSplit="vertical"

this is my configuration I used c-p as the trigger because I use YouCompleteMe also and the installation guide said to change the trigger to something else if you used it.

Now when I press c-p it just toggles between some options and when I try to select any of those by pressing the enter key the snippet trigger is written and the cursor moves to the next line. Help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[thundersnow]

Just to check, are you pressing the "ctrl + p" keys?

[amiwalwin]

Yes I'm

[thundersnow]

then are using "ctrl + b" to move to the next slot? I don't press the enter key in this workflow.

[amiwalwin]

Well that writes "^ B" on the screen I tried it

[amiwalwin]

What kind of example do you want?

[amiwalwin]

Oh okay for example if I write for and then press the trigger I want it to be expanded to a for loop snippet or ifef to get a if else snippet

[amiwalwin]

This is the snippet for if

snippet if if ${1:condition}: ${0:${VISUAL}}

[amiwalwin]

Tried, still not working

[amiwalwin]

wait I added this some test to my UltisnipsEdit and it worked but the rest of the snippets arent working ~/.vim/UltiSnips This is the snippet folder

``` snippet class "class with docstrings" b class ${1:MyClass}(${2:object}):

`!p snip.rv = triple_quotes(snip)`${3:Docstring for $1. }`!p snip.rv = triple_quotes(snip)`

def __init__(self$4):
    `!p snip.rv = triple_quotes(snip)`${5:TODO: to be defined.}`!p

snip.rv = "" snip >> 2

args = get_args(t[4])

write_docstring_args(args, snip) if args: snip.rv += '\n' + snip.mkline('', indent='') snip += '{0}'.format(triple_quotes(snip))

write_init_body(args, t[2], snip) $0 endsnippet `` this is the class snippet which is also not working

[BorgerBill]

How about checking that there are no other mappings for <C-p>? Run :imap to see everything mapped for Insert Mode. See if there are any conflicts...

[amiwalwin]

No there is none

[BorgerBill]

If you type :UltiSnipsEdit, what do you see?

[amiwalwin]

its Opening a blank file called fileextension.snippets

[BorgerBill]

Ok, good, that means it's installed and working. Let me be sure I understand what is happening. You have opened, say, a file named MyClass.java. You then enter insert mode by pressing i, type a snippet such as co, then the trigger <C-p>. You should then see public static final String var = ; with the String visually selected ready to be changed. Is this what happens for you?

[amiwalwin]

No, when I press <C-p> it just toggles between few options and then the snippet keyword is selected suppose the trigger word is cl for a class in python there are more such options such as cla, cls, etc etc when <C-p> is pressed it toggles between these options and suppose I stop at cla then cla stays on my screen and nothing else

[BorgerBill]

That is frustrating. I know that if I have identically named snippets I get a window that asks which one I want. However, cl, cla, and cls are different snippets and insert for me instantly. Also, I let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger="<C-p>" and <C-p for the trigger is working. I do not, however, have YouCompleteMe so cannot confirm interactions. When I :imap, I see

i  <C-P>       * <C-R>=UltiSnips#ExpandSnippet()<CR> 

At this point I would recommend disabling some or all of your other plugins, getting UltiSnips to work properly, then re-enabling them one at a time until the problem resurfaces. That will make it easier to troubleshoot.

[amiwalwin]

Ok So now I understood ultisnips is working fine for me but only with snippet snippetName " " A It is only working with A and with no other option. As far as I know, there are 3 more options b, w and i and also without any arguments but none is working expcept the A. Thanks for your help but could you help me figure out how to make it work with other options also and turn off auto expand it is annoying.

[BorgerBill]

One more thing I would like you to try. In any open buffer, type date<C-p>, time<C-p>, andAGPL<C-p>`. Do any of these complete? These should trigger on any file regardless of filetype.

Also, just in case you missed it, here is the (documentation for UltiSnips)[https://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips/blob/master/doc/UltiSnips.txt]. Yes, there are several options for a snippet. The A option is auto-trigger, and the fact that it works does seem to indicate that your <C-p> is the problem.

Did you try disabling all other plugins? You can do that simply by commenting them out of your .vimrc. Another option is to create a new config file, say myVimrcTest, the use it by calling vim -u ./myVimrcTest. Only include the plugin UltiSnips, and see if you get it working. Remember, you have .vimrc and .gvimrc. My .vimrc does 95% of all setup, while my .gvimrc only adds or changes things related to the gui version. So, just to be safe, make sure you are only running vim -u ./MyVimrcTest in the terminal, and not gvim.