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Bug 194737

Summary:	uniqueness of code templates' abbrievations
Product:	editor	Reporter:	mcinp
Component:	Completion & Templates	Assignee:	Dusan Balek <dbalek>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	markiewb
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description mcinp 2011-01-26 14:06:42 UTC

When defining code templates there's a restriction that an abbrievation can only be used 1 time.
But in many text editors it is possible to define many templates for 1 abbrievation so that when an abbrievation is entered and there are more than 1 template defined for it, the user is presented with a list of options to choose.
For example, in html we could define entries for abbrivation "input" where options would be:
<input type="text"...
<input type="button"...
<input type="checkbox"...

etc.

This is a trivial example, but this technique has more advanced applications.