Snippet not working without space.

[vvasuki]

Prerequisites

Description

My snippet works when preceded by a space, but not otherwise.

Steps to Reproduce

Illustrated here:

Snippet code:

  'Sanskrit doc emphasis comment':
    'prefix': 'ccc'
    'body': '+++($1)+++'

Versions

Atom 1.44.0

Arch Linux

Additional Information

I have seen #272 as well as #151 . Seems non-duplicate.

[levipmartin]

I have the same problem. I believe this is intentional but problematic for postfix snippets, where you have alternating words preceded by a common postfix. Now I want to shorten the postfix as a snippet to complete it. This is not possible since I have to insert a space to trigger the snippet first.

Possible solution 1:
Add regex support for snippets,
'Sanskrit doc emphasis comment': 'prefix': '.*ccc' 'body': '+++($1)+++'
Something like this, maybe it has to be escaped.

Alternatively I wouldn't mind pressing the space to trigger my snippet, if I can delete the space when inserting the snippet, but I have not found a way to do so yet.