Variables

VS Code Stanard Variables

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets

Template Variables

Dendron supports various template variables.

• For inserting the current date and time:
  • CURRENT_YEAR: The current year
  • CURRENT_MONTH: The month as two digits (example '02')
  • CURRENT_DAY: The day of the month as two digits (example '08')
  • CURRENT_HOUR: The current hour in 24-hour clock format
  • CURRENT_MINUTE: The current minute as two digits
  • CURRENT_SECOND: The current second as two digits

VS Code default variables

The following variables can be used:

• TM_SELECTED_TEXT The currently selected text or the empty string
• TM_CURRENT_LINE The contents of the current line
• TM_CURRENT_WORD The contents of the word under cursor or the empty string
• TM_LINE_INDEX The zero-index based line number
• TM_LINE_NUMBER The one-index based line number
• TM_FILENAME The filename of the current document
• TM_FILENAME_BASE The filename of the current document without its extensions
• TM_DIRECTORY The directory of the current document
• TM_FILEPATH The full file path of the current document
• RELATIVE_FILEPATH The relative (to the opened workspace or folder) file path of the current document
• CLIPBOARD The contents of your clipboard
• WORKSPACE_NAME The name of the opened workspace or folder
• WORKSPACE_FOLDER The path of the opened workspace or folder

For inserting the current date and time:

• CURRENT_YEAR The current year
• CURRENT_YEAR_SHORT The current year's last two digits
• CURRENT_MONTH The month as two digits (example '02')
• CURRENT_MONTH_NAME The full name of the month (example 'July')
• CURRENT_MONTH_NAME_SHORT The short name of the month (example 'Jul')
• CURRENT_DATE The day of the month as two digits (example '08')
• CURRENT_DAY_NAME The name of day (example 'Monday')
• CURRENT_DAY_NAME_SHORT The short name of the day (example 'Mon')
• CURRENT_HOUR The current hour in 24-hour clock format
• CURRENT_MINUTE The current minute as two digits
• CURRENT_SECOND The current second as two digits
• CURRENT_SECONDS_UNIX The number of seconds since the Unix epoch

Example

Today is {{ CURRENT_YEAR }}.{{ CURRENT_MONTH }}.{{ CURRENT_DAY }},

output:

Today is 2022.01.04

Template Variable replacement

For replacing the standard variables inside the dendron template files

https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/GelEQPZrSgr3CK9y10Nrg/#template-variables

VSCode Snippet Tricks

1. You can set a default value for a variable by using a colon (:).

Example:

• The DUE: property in the below snippet defaults to the current current month, date, hour but can be edited fairly quick

"TODO": {
   "prefix": "stodo",
   "body": [
    "- [ ] ${1:Enter Task}",
    "- **CAPTURED:**        ${CURRENT_YEAR}-${CURRENT_MONTH}-${CURRENT_DATE}T${CURRENT_HOUR}:${CURRENT_MINUTE}:${CURRENT_SECOND}-08:00",
    "- **DUE:**             ${CURRENT_YEAR}-${2:${CURRENT_MONTH}}-${3:${CURRENT_DATE}}T${4:${CURRENT_HOUR}}:${5:${CURRENT_MINUTE}}:00-08:00",
    "- **PRIORITY:**        ${6|HIGH,MEDIUM,LOW|}",
    "- **STATUS:**          ${7|TODO,WAITING,IN PROGRESS,DONE|}",
    "- **NOTES:**           ",
    "    - $0",
    ],
    "description": "Capture new TODO"
}

1. You can set dropdown values for a variable using a pipe (|).

Example:

"Context Switch": {
   "prefix": "scontext",
   "body": [
    "- **TYPE:**          ${1|COMMS,SUPPORT,RESEARCH,MEETING,DEVELOPMENT,TESTING,VALIDATION,CI/CD,PROJECT MGMT,CONSULTING,DOCUMENTATION,ADMINISTRATION,TRAINING,BREAK|}",
    "- **PROJECT:**       ${2|PROJ1,PROJ2|}",
    "- **TOOLS:**         ${3|N/A,PYTHON,AZURE,POWER APPS,POWER AUTOMATE,POWER BI,SHAREPOINT,DENDRON|}",
    "- **START:**         ${CURRENT_YEAR}-${CURRENT_MONTH}-${CURRENT_DATE}T${CURRENT_HOUR}:{$CURRENT_MINUTE}:${CURRENT_SECOND}-08:00",
    "- **END:**           ",
    "- **DURATION:**      ",
    "- **NOTES:**         ",
    "    - $0",
    "---"
    ],
    "description": "Capture new context switch"
}

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Backlinks

• 2022-01-10 (DevLog)