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Xcode 4 custom snippet

If you want to make your own custom snippets with in preview version of Xcode 4 and do not want to wait for the function to be implemented here is the way :

Open the folder ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets
Create a file named my_nice_file.codesnippet (one file per snippet)

It should look like this : http://gist.github.com/521183

There is only one rule to respect :

the value of the key should be unique in all files
        <key>IDECodeSnippetIdentifier</key>
	<string>myUniqueValue</string>

then you have two choices : 
-Restart Xcode and edit you custom snippet directly from Xcode.
-Edit the file manually

If you choose the second choice the first thing to do is to create the content of your snippet inside the IDECodeSnippetContents key :

<key>IDECodeSnippetContents</key>
	<string>class &lt;#MyClass#&gt;(osv.osv):
    " &lt;#DOCString#&gt;"
    #_name="My name"
    _inherit = '&lt;#module.object#&gt;'
    _description = __doc__

    _columns = {
                   
                }
&lt;#MyClass#&gt;()</string>

The place holder are define with the following syntax : <#my name#>.
Be sure to encode the entities inside the template or you will have a bad surprise. 
All the other values can be easily deducted from the sample file.


My two cents 

Nicolas