Article about the different collections of snippets designed for different plugins of Vim and the possibility of converting from type of format to another.

• 1. Preamble
• 2. Steps for using snippets
• 3. Local custom snippets.
• 4. Honza: Why two different collections of snippets?
• 5. Overview of both collections.
• 6. Is it possible to “mix” the snippets of the two collections?

1. Preamble

In the article “Vim, UltiSnips and Honza vim-snippets: difference and management of the snippets and UltiSnips folders” I have already covered the topic of snippets and UltiSnips for Vim:

What is the subject of this article?

In this article I will talk about Vim, snippets powered by SirVer UltiSnip: “the ultimate solution for snippets in Vim” and Honza vim-snippets (hereafter also simply referred as “honza”).

For some more information you can refer to this previous article of mine.

SirVer UltiSnip is a plugin to launch and manage snippets in Vim.

The application does not contain snippets but you can create your own by following the plugin syntax or use a collection of ready-made snippets.