Documentation for Text Expansion to override defaults

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David Crossley

February 13, 2022 00:25

https://nvultra.com/help/advanced-features#aftextexpansion

Mention how to override a default one (e.g. the date expansions): Use the same key in your own file. The file needs to sort alphabetically before "default" (e.g. aa.json or _zz.json).

Also, the JSON files have "key,expansion" but the doc says:

Each snippet has a “shortcut” and an “expansion.”

Perhaps instead:

Each snippet has a “shortcut” (i.e. key) and an “expansion”.

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  Fletcher Penney

  February 13, 2022 02:01

  I would recommend deleting (or renaming) the expansion you don't want.  It's not necessarily always true that things will be parsed alphabetically.

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  David Crossley

  February 13, 2022 02:27

  Okay then. I do not rename because these have good shortcut keys.

  I assumed that the "default.json" file should not be edited. Does that get automatically updated with a future release?

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  Fletcher Penney

  February 13, 2022 02:28

  If the installed version has not been touched, it is updated if I modify it.

   

  If you have modified your copy, and I modify the "official" one, you would be asked before overwriting your copy.

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  David Crossley

  February 13, 2022 02:35

  Oh, nice.

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