sublime text 2 snippet error - Empty Key?

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Sublime Text 2 snippet parsing error

Here is the error:

Error parsing content for snippet Packages/User/servlet-definition.sublime-snippet: Empty key

and here is the code:

<snippet>
    <content><![CDATA[
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>$1</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>${2:spray.servlet.Servlet30ConnectorServlet}</servlet-class>
        <async-supported>${3:true}</async-supported>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>$1</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>$(4:/*}</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    ${5}
]]></content>
    <!-- Optional: Set a tabTrigger to define how to trigger the snippet -->
    <tabTrigger>sdef</tabTrigger>
    <!-- Optional: Set a scope to limit where the snippet will trigger -->
    <!-- <scope>XML</scope> -->
</snippet>

angerson · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-19 18:12:22Z

4

The problem isn't that Sublime Text 2 thinks you're using a regular expression, it's that $(4:/*} should be enclosed by just brackets, not a parenthesis and a bracket. As it is now, Sublime Text is wondering why your $ isn't part of a variable. Use ${4:/*} instead, and you should be fine.

Also, you can use $0 to define the exit position for the cursor—it looks like you're using $5 for that purpose, which will be a problem in the future if you want to add more fields.

answered May 19, 2013 at 18:12

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shaz · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-19 13:49:32Z

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$(4:/*} is the problem. Not sure why, seems like maybe it is being evaluated as a regex. I tried escaping the forward slash but no luck. I just removed the default text.

answered May 19, 2013 at 13:49

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