Define custom placeholder/snippet variable for regex triggers?

[9iovaferra]

Hello,
In Obsidian I have installed the LaTeX Suite plugin which lets you define snippets for math blocks in markdown files. With this plugin you also have the ability to define snippet variables, for example:

"${GREEK}": "alpha|beta|gamma|delta ... "

which you can use inside triggers, such as:

"snippets": "[{trigger: '([^\\\\])(${GREEK})', replacement: '[[0]]\\[[1]]', options: 'rmA', description: 'Add backslash before Greek letters'}]"

This is really useful when you have a long list of optional patterns in a regex, instead of typing (alpha|beta|gamma|delta ... ) in the snippet's trigger, ESPECIALLY if you want to use this pattern in multiple snippets.

I've read the documentation and googled it but couldn't find a way to replicate this in UltiSnips. Did I miss something? If not, I guess this could be a feature request.

[SirVer]

We do not have this feature, so this is indeed a feature request. Am 15.05.2025 um 13:59 schrieb 9iovaferra ***@***.***>: 9iovaferra created an issue (SirVer/ultisnips#1573) Hello, In Obsidian I have installed the LaTeX Suite plugin which lets you define snippets for math blocks in markdown files. With this plugin you also have the ability to define snippet variables, for example: "${GREEK}": "alpha|beta|gamma|delta ... " which you can use inside triggers, such as: "snippets": "[{trigger: '([^\\\\])(${GREEK})', replacement: '[[0]]\\[[1]]', options: 'rmA', description: 'Add backslash before Greek letters'}]" This is really useful when you have a long list of optional patterns in a regex, instead of typing (alpha|beta|gamma|delta ... ) in the snippet's trigger, ESPECIALLY if you want to use this pattern in multiple snippets. I've read the documentation and googled it but couldn't find a way to replicate this in UltiSnips. Did I miss something? If not, I guess this could be a feature request. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[9iovaferra]

Amazing, loving UltiSnips by the way!