Escaped backslashes (2 consecutive backslashes) not appearing correctly in HTML output

[Samuel Dellicour]

Hello. I noticed that when I create a new snippet, a dollar $ sign (or a variable starting with dollar) is removed, not preserved. Could you make so that a variable starting with dollar is preserved, and the dollar sign is escaped?

Example: right now, when I want to create a snippet out of this line:
$statement = ->pdo->prepare($sql);

I get this (notice that I loose the variables):
"= ->pdo->prepare();",

Instead, I would like it to automatically look like this:
"\\$statement = ->pdo->prepare(\\$sql);",

thank you.

[Rob OLeary]

Hi,

This is a bug.

Let me clarify the expectation of the extension so that we are on the same page. This extension should show the contents of the body of a snippet verbatim.

For example, if I want an interpolated string snippet in JavaScript. I would write a snippet like this to get my desired result:

"interpolated string":{
    "prefix": "interpolated string",
    "body": ["let string = `\\${var} is in a string`;"],
    "description": "Set variable to interpolated string"
}

It is my responsibility to escape the dollar sign in the body to have it treated as a string rather than as a snippet variable.

Using this snippet in a JavaScript file will result in the following output:

Currently Snippet Ranger reports the snippet as this:

It shows 1 backslash instead of 2. This is the bug.

This issue is fixed in version 0.22.2.

If you are happy with the extension: please star the repo, and leave a favourable review to help others find it. 🌟

[Samuel Dellicour]

The bug is not fixed.
I updated to version 0.22.2 just now and restarted the app. And the bug is still there.

I was referring to the process of creating a new snippet out of a selection, not the process of showing an existing snippet.

When trying out with your example
let string = `${var} is in a string`;

then doing the command Snippet Ranger - Make new snippet, I still get the following code in the snippets file, where as you can see, the variable (and the dollar) is missing:

"enter a name" : {
    "prefix": "",
    "body": ["let string = ` is in a string`;"],
    "description": ""
},

When the result should include the dollar, and have it escaped:
let string = `\${var} is in a string`;

Can you look into this? Thank you.

[Rob OLeary]

I was referring to the process of creating a new snippet out of a selection, not the process of showing an existing snippet.

Please raise a separate issue. The bug is fixed. It is a different issue than your original description. Provide the exact steps you took in the issue please.

Thanks

[Samuel Dellicour]

OK, I'll file a separate issue. Thanks.