As it so happens, I've already set up the keybindings for backticks (`), so modifying them for pipes |
should be easy. To do this, open Preferences -> Key Bindings-User
. If the file is empty, add opening and closing square brackets []
on separate lines, and paste the following in between them:
// Auto-pair backticks
{ "keys": ["`"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "`$0`"}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^(?:\t| |\\)|]|\\}|>|$|;)", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "[`a-zA-Z0-9_]$", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "eol_selector", "operator": "not_equal", "operand": "string.quoted.double", "match_all": true }
]
},
{ "keys": ["`"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "`${0:$SELECTION}`"}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": false, "match_all": true }
]
},
{ "keys": ["`"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^`", "match_all": true }
]
},
{ "keys": ["backspace"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "res://Packages/Default/Delete Left Right.sublime-macro"}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "`$", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^`", "match_all": true }
]
},
For pipe characters, you'll need to modify some of the regexes slightly, as |
has a special meaning. The following works for me:
// Auto-pair pipes in Ruby
{ "keys": ["|"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "|$0|"}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^(?:\t| |\\)|]|\\}|>|$|;)", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "[\\|a-zA-Z0-9_]$", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "eol_selector", "operator": "not_equal", "operand": "string.quoted.double", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "source.ruby", "match_all": true }
]
},
{ "keys": ["|"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "|${0:$SELECTION}|"}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": false, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "source.ruby", "match_all": true }
]
},
{ "keys": ["|"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^\\|", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "source.ruby", "match_all": true }
]
},
{ "keys": ["backspace"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "res://Packages/Default/Delete Left Right.sublime-macro"}, "context":
[
{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "\\|$", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^\\|", "match_all": true },
{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "source.ruby", "match_all": true }
]
}
You'll notice that I added the selector source.ruby
to the |
keybindings - you can remove or change this if you want to use it in other files besides Ruby code. I didn't add it to the backtick code because they can be used in other syntaxes - Python and Markdown being the ones that spring to my mind first.