Snippets 0.8 with code syntax highlighting

We are very happy to announce Snippets 0.8 today. This update introduces code syntax highlighting which is most requested feature request in our Ideas section.

Code highlighting is "must have" feature for any tool that deal with the source code, however it's not a core feature for Snippets as it is for code editors. We did not wanted to spend a lot of time creating our own editor, and we did not know any good implementation until recently we discovered Ace Editor.

Ace is an embeddable code editor written in JavaScript which makes it an ideal solution for Snippets that we can use in desktop apps for Mac and Windows and in a web browser for our Web app as well as some other secret tools that are coming out soon. It is the same editor that is used and maintained by Cloud9 IDE, so it's very solid, fast and well tested code editor. During the development it shows great performance and we like it.

Please download/update Snippets and enjoy.

Snippets for Windows 0.6.1

We've just released a minor update for Snippets for Windows. In addition to small bug fixes this update fixes the way it works with the terminal-like apps on Windows.

The problem is that Snippets simulates pressing Ctrl+V when pastes snippets' code whether you use SnippetsAssistant (through global search or Task Bar) or SnippetsExpander. However, terminal apps on Windows do not allow to use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V for Copy/Paste functionality. Instead Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert should be used.

We decided to make it configurable, so you can tell Snippets which keystroke to use in particular application. There is a config file at C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Snippets\UserSettings.xml. Content of this file is fairly self-explanatory, feel free to edit this file. Relaunch of Snippets is required to apply the changes.

Thanks to Rachik Bouanani for the report and collaboration on this problem.

Check for updates and enjoy :).

Snippets 0.6 for Mac and Windows

Yesterday we released a new update of Snippets for Mac and Windows. It brings quite a few minor features, all the major changes are under the hood. It improves performance and stability of the synchronisation.

This release also switches to the new version of the sync API which was slightly changed from the previous one. If you were using the older version you should update, otherwise sync won't work.

Now that known sync issues have been fixed we are going to send invites to all who requested them. If you not received it during this day (Nov 7th) please make sure you requested one here.