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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _development-emacs_snippet:
+
+======================
+Emacs + YASnippet mode
+======================
+
+This page describes using emacs with YASnippet mode with a set of
+snippets that allow quick composition of bundles and base files.
+More snippets are under development.
+
+#. Download YASnippet from http://code.google.com/p/yasnippet/
+#. Install it into your emacs load path (typically ~/.emacs.d/site-lisp)
+#. Add YASnippet initialization to your .emacs (remember to re-byte-compile it if needed)
+
+   .. code-block:: cl
+
+       (require 'yasnippet-bundle)
+
+       ;;; Bcfg2 snippet
+
+       (yas/define-snippets 'sgml-mode
+       '(
+         ("<Bundle" "<Bundle name='${1:bundlename}' version='2.0'>
+          $0
+       </Bundle>" nil)
+         ("<Base" "<Base>
+          $0
+       </Base>" nil)
+         ("<Group" "<Group name='${1:groupname}>
+          $0
+       </Group>" nil)
+         ("<Config" "<ConfigFile name='${1:filename}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+         ("<Service" "<Service name='${1:svcname}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+         ("<Package" "<Package name='${1:packagename}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+         ("<Action" "<Action name='${1:name}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+         ("<Directory" "<Directory name='${1:name}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+         ("<SymLink" "<SymLink name='${1:name}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+         ("<Permissions" "<Permissions name='${1:name}'/>
+       $0" nil)
+       )
+       )
+
+#. One quick M-x eval-current-buffer, and this code is enabled
+
+Each of these snippets activates on the opening element, ie <Bundle.
+After this string is entered, but before entering a space, press <TAB>,
+and the snippet will be expanded. The template will be inserted into
+the text with a set of input prompts, which default to overwrite mode
+and can be tabbed through.
+
+The code above only works for bundles and base, but will be expanded
+to support other xml files as well.