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Geany editor snippet for getting literal %cursor%

I write a lot of Geany snippets. I would like to add a snippet for %cursor% when writing snippets. I added this in the [Default] snippets:

cur=%cursor%

Problem being that will evaluate to placing the cursor, so disappears.

I am looking for an escape sequence for the %. I have tried \% and %% but no luck.

cur=%curso%cursor%%

is an OK workaround as I only need to add an r, but is not ideal.

Solution

  • The % is escaped with {pc} in Geany, so:

    cur={pc}cursor{pc}

    expands to %cursor%