Snippet Mania

[Thom*]

When I run a simple "insert text" snippet I hit control+j one time and all is well. When I run a snippet that puts text before and after selected text I have to hit control+j an extra time, apparently to "step out" of the snippet. A sample of the offensive snippet template is as follow:

<div class="docindent">
  <p><br/></p>

${1*}

  <p><br/></p>
</div>

Procedure is to select some text (usually one or more paragraphs), hit control+j, enter the trigger, hit control+j, hit control+j one more time.

I don't like this. Who would?

Am I doing this wrong? Is there something I can do to eliminate the extra control+j?

Thanks

[kovidgoyal]

The editor has to know that you have finished editing the snippet in some way. In your use case presumably you dont intend to make any edits to the selected text, but, there is no way for the editor to know that.

[Thom*]

I guess then it is just the Nature of the Beast.

Thanks for your response, Calibre is a great program.