Placeholder descriptions

[georgeharker]

Really enjoying using this! Thanks!

I wonder whether it would be possible for things like %username% and %branch% to be used as placeholders such that when the expansion occurs there is a reminder of the meaning for each expand placeholder - and then subsequently overwrite with the user input?

[olets]

Hi! Thanks for sharing your idea.

I think adding support for either a user-configurable array of placeholder strings (%user%, %branch%) or a user-configurable glob placeholder (%…%) probably wouldn't be hard - or at least it privacy wouldn't require changes to more than a few parts of the plugin.

Uncertain if it's something I'd like to support.

• Pro: It's neat
• Con: The first one in a given expansion would never be seen (except when listing available abbreviations)
• Pro: Your reason makes sense
• Con: Helping understand expanded commands hasn't been part of the scope
• Undetermined: Maybe expanding scope on this way is okay?

Interested to hear from others.