Comments on: Komodo Edit – A powerful free editor

By: Andres Ramirez

Andres Ramirez — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:25:01 +0000

I am in leopard too, and I have the same problem with using the Tab key to insert snippets. I see the “no abbreviation at the current position” in the bottom status bar when I click Tab. That means that it is trying to execute a snippet, but can’t find any abbreviations. Because it works perfectly with any other key binding, my speculation was that it inserts the actual tab character before executing the snippet and so it doesn’t match the snippet name/abbreviation because of the Tab between it and the caret, but I just tested my snippets with 1 Tab after the abbreviation and it still works. (It doesn’t work with more than 1 Tab after though)
My workaround is simple, bind the snippet insertion to shift+Tab! (I’m already getting used to it..)

By: mikele

mikele — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:06:40 +0000

I had the same prob on Mac-Leopard! I tried different KomodoEdit installations but no improvement…. then I realized that IF I LEFT THE SNIPPETs MENU-HIERARCHY UNCHANGED everything was working fine!!! basically. it seems like the snippets must stay in one of the ‘default’ positions… otherwise it wont work :::: http://magicrebirth.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/komodo-edit-a-nice-free-python-editor/
tx for the video anyways!! really helpful!

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Komodo-Edit :: a nice free python editor! « Parerga und Paralipomena — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:04:39 +0000

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By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:31:10 +0000

I have the same issue as z_malloc. I’m using OS X 10.5.6 and Komodo Edit 5.0.3. The tab keystroke is assigned to the Insert snippet by name action. Any thoughts on why that might be would be much appreciated.

By: z_malloc

z_malloc — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:47:51 +0000

Praveen: I have made that change and yet, tab still does not invoke snippet output. Any ideas?

By: Praveen

Praveen — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:43:02 +0000

Hi Ronald,
Here’s how I got it working.

1. Go to Preferences -> Editor -> Key bindings
2. Select ‘Editor: Insert Abbreviation Snippet by Name’ option
3. Enter the key combination you like in the ‘New Key Sequence’ section(Press TAB in your case)
4. Click on ‘Add’ & you’re done

This is the first step I have explained in my screen cast.

Here’s a screen shot of how the config. section looks like – http://skitch.com/holydevil/2c6y/komodo-edit

P.S: I’m on a mac & settings might differ a bit on other OS

By: Ronald

Ronald — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:44:48 +0000

I’ve been using this text editor for a while and I’ve tried putting the insert snippet with the Tab key but it doesn’t work. How did you configure Komodo to add a snippet with the Tab key?