Notepad ++ and Fingertext Plugin

[pickledegg]

I felt the need to post this, its the most awesome coding tool I've ever found, (save when I discovered textmate bundles).

Fingertext lets you insert code snippets with tabbed triggers, for example I set up a lot of sites and if I type 'virtualhost' + tab, it inserts

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName $[![]!]
    ServerAlias $[![]!]
    DocumentRoot "$[![]!]"
  <Directory "$[![]!]">
    IndexOptions +FancyIndexing NameWidth=*
    Options Includes FollowSymLinks Indexes
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

The '$[![]!]' parts are called hotspots so you can tab through and edit each part at speed.

Heres a screencast I found which explains a little:

Screencast by trusktr from Screenr.com - YouTube

 

[dmnEPC]

+rep

That's handy as hell thanks for sharing

 

[NetBiz]

Nice share. Thanks!

 

[Diplex]

Twitted about this a few weeks back, shit is amazing. Don't know how I lived without it. Might switch to Sublime Text when its comes out of beta though, looks pretty beast.

 

[awsomnick1]

This is great! This will make my coding a whole lot easier, thanks for sharing!

 

[Mahzkrieg]

Vim + SnipMate

 

[emp]

I'll throw in Zen coding

expands this:

div#page>div.logo+ul#navigation>li*5>a

to this

<div id="page">
        <div class="logo"></div>
        <ul id="navigation">
                <li><a href=""></a></li>
                <li><a href=""></a></li>
                <li><a href=""></a></li>
                <li><a href=""></a></li>
                <li><a href=""></a></li>
        </ul>
</div>

::emp::

 

[PokerVincent]

duuudeee..... im not hardcore for vim and textmate, but im sure ill need this one day!

 

[chatmasta]

Can do the same with Coda, minus the tabbing to multiple spots.