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| 1. Adding Live Template Support |
Template Creation
Initially, you will need to create a new Live Template from scratch. Add a new Template Group, "Markdown" and create a new Live Template under this group. Then give the template an abbreviation (ex. "[") and a description (ex. "New markdown link"). Paste the following snippet into the Template text:
[$TEXT$]($LINK$)$END$
The variables $TEXT$ and $LINK$ may be further configured in the Edit variables dialogue, to reorder their precedence and bind to functions that will invoke auto-completion at the appropriate time, among many other useful functions. Developers should become familiar with the provided functions before implementing any special functionality in a plugin, in case the desired feature is available as a predefined function.
Finally, give your new Live Template an applicable context (ie. "Everywhere" or "Other").
Export the Live Template
Once confident the Live Template produces the expected result (consider testing it inside the current editor to minimize debugging later), export the Live Template (File | Export Settings | ☑ Live Templates). Unpack the resulting archive, and inside a directory ./templates/ there will be a file called Markdown.xml with the following contents:
<templateSet group="Markdown">
<template name="[" value="[$TEXT$]($LINK$)$END$" description="New link reference." toReformat="false" toShortenFQNames="false">
<variable name="TEXT" expression="" defaultValue="" alwaysStopAt="true" />
<variable name="LINK" expression="complete()" defaultValue="" alwaysStopAt="true" />
<context>
<option name="OTHER" value="true" />
</context>
</template>
</templateSet>
Copy this file into your plugin's resources, (eg. project/resource/liveTemplates/Markdown.xml.