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+;;; yas-oneshot.el --- create a snippet fast
+
+;; this file is not part of Emacs
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2012 Le Wang
+;; Author: Le Wang
+;; Maintainer: Le Wang
+;; Description: create a snippet fast
+;; Author: Le Wang
+;; Maintainer: Le Wang
+
+;; Created: Mon Dec 24 01:08:15 2012 (+0800)
+;; Version: 0.1
+;; Last-Updated:
+;;           By:
+;;     Update #: 11
+;; URL:
+;; Keywords:
+;; Compatibility:
+
+;;; Installation:
+
+;;     (require 'yas-oneshot)
+;;
+;;
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Keybinding is "C-c & o", see doc of `yas-oneshot' for more info.
+;;
+;; - Quickly create a snippet from the region.
+;; - Choose from found symbols as placeholders.
+;; - Dump snippet into file, if saving.
+;;
+;;
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+;; published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+;; General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
+;; Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+
+(require 'yasnippet)
+
+(defvar yas-oneshot-snippet nil)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun yas-oneshot (dump &optional start end)
+  "with region selected, convert region into oneshot snippet
+with universal arg, dump current oneshot snippet
+else expand current oneshot snippet"
+  (interactive (cond
+                (current-prefix-arg
+                 (list 'dump nil nil))
+                ((use-region-p)
+                 (list nil (region-beginning) (region-end)))
+                (t
+                 (list nil))))
+  (cond
+   (dump
+    (insert yas-oneshot-snippet))
+   ((and start end)
+    (setq deactivate-mark t)
+    (yas-oneshot-register start end))
+   (yas-oneshot-snippet
+    (yas-expand-snippet yas-oneshot-snippet))
+   (t
+    (error "not sure what to do."))))
+
+(defun yas-oneshot-register (start end)
+  (setq yas-oneshot-snippet (buffer-substring-no-properties start end))
+  (loop with symbols =  (cons "" (remove-duplicates
+                                (save-excursion
+                                  (goto-char start)
+                                  (loop
+                                   while (re-search-forward "\\_<.*?\\_>" end t)
+                                   for sym = (match-string-no-properties 0)
+                                   collect sym))
+                                :test 'equal))
+        with res
+        for index from 1
+        do (progn
+             (setq res (completing-read (format "field %s: " index) symbols))
+             (unless (string= "" res)
+               (let ((start-index 0)
+                     temp)
+                 (while (string-match res yas-oneshot-snippet start-index)
+                   (if (= start-index 0)
+                       (setq temp (format "${%s:%s}" index res))
+                     (setq temp (format "$%s" index)))
+                   (setq yas-oneshot-snippet (replace-match temp nil 'literal yas-oneshot-snippet))
+                   (setq start-index (+ (match-beginning 0) (length temp)))))))
+        while (not (string= "" res))))
+
+(defun yas-oneshot-define-key ()
+  "add keybinding to minor-mode"
+  (define-key yas-minor-mode-map [(control c) (&) (o)] 'yas-oneshot))
+
+(yas-oneshot-define-key)
+
+;; we can't use `eval-after-load' here because `yas-reload-all' resets the keymap.
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defadvice yas-reload-all (after load-oneshot activate)
+  (yas-oneshot-define-key))
+
+
+
+(provide 'yas-oneshot)
+
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;; yas-oneshot.el ends here
+