snippets.json

Create snippets.json file in extensions folder to add or override snippets. The structure of this file is the same as the original one: on the top level you define syntax name your snippets belong to, and the second level has the following section:

在扩展目录创建 snippets.json 文件，添加或覆盖代码片断。文件结构同默认文件，在顶层定义代码片断所属的语法名，次级的结构：

abbreviations or snippets contains snippets definitions of different types.
abbreviations 与 snippets 包含不同类型的代码片断定义。
filters contains a comma-separated list of filters applied by default for current syntax. If this property is not defined, html filter is used.
filters 包含一个逗号分割列表，用于指定应用于当前语法的过滤器。如果没有指定，则使用 html 过滤器。
extends: syntax name from which current syntax should inherit snippets definitions. For example, sass syntax is inherited from css one, but you can create your own or override some SASS-specific snippets for this syntax definition.
extends: 指定当前语法继承哪个语法的代码片断。例如 sass 语法继承自 css，不过可以创建自己的或覆盖一些 SASS 专有的代码片断。

When loaded, users’ snippets.json in recursively merged with the original one, adding or updating abbreviations and snippets.

当 Emmet 加载时，用户的 snippets.json 与默认文件合并，以添加或更新缩写与代码片断。

Text snippets 文本代码片断

In snippets section of syntax definition, you create plain text snippets, pretty like the same as your editor ones. You can also use tabstops inside snippets to traverse between them with Tab key when abbreviation is expanded (if your editor supports them). Emmet borrows tabstop format from TextMate editor:

在 snippets 部分创建文本代码片断。可以在代码片断名为使用插入占位，当缩写展开后可以用 Tab 键在这些插入占位之间移动（需要编辑器支持）。Emmet 借用了 TextMate 的格式：

$1 or ${1}
${1:hello world} — 有占位文本的插入占位

Note that ${0} or $0 tabstop has a special meaning in some editors like TextMate or Eclipse and is used as a final caret position after leaving “tabstops mode” so you’d better use tabstops staring from 1.

注意在一些编辑器如TextMate 或 Eclipse 下，${0} 与 $0 有特殊意义，用于指示离开插入占位模式后插入符最终位置，所以插入占位最好从 1 开始。

Variables 变量

You can use variables in snippets to output predefined data. For example, the html:5 snippet of HTML syntax has the following definition:

可以在代码片断中使用变量，以输出预先定义的数据。例如 html:5 定义如下：

<!doctype html>\n<html lang="${lang}">...</body>\n</html>

In the example above, ${lang} is used to refer lang variable defined in variables section of snippets.json. If your primary language is, for example, Russian, you can simply override lang variable with ru value and keep the original snippets.

${lang} 引用 snippets.json 文件的 variables 部分下变量 lang 。如果你的主要语言，比如说俄语，只用将变量 lang 值改为 ru，而原代码片断不用变。

Also, you can override variable values with inline abbreviation attributes: html:5[lang=ru]. Together with ID and CLASS attributes shorthands—# and .—you can easily override variables right in abbreviation:

也可以用内联属性缩写覆盖变量值：html:5[lang=ru]。与 ID/CLASS 属性一起使用后，可以轻易的在缩写里覆盖变量值：

"for": "for (var ${class} = 0; i < ${id}.length; ${class}++) {\n\t|}"

Example usage: for#array.i.

Predefined variables 预定义变量

Snippets have some predefined variable names that have special meaning to Emmet:

Emmet 有下面预定义变量：

${cursor} or | are synonyms to $0 and used as caret position in generated output.
${cursor} 与 | 同$0，指示当代码片断展开后插入符的位置。
${child} refers to a position where child abbreviations and snippets should be outputted. If not defined, children will be outputted at the end of snippet content.
${child} 指示子缩写或代码片断的位置。如果没有指定，它们将输出在代码片断末尾。

Escaping `|` and `$` characters 转义`|` `$`

The $ character is used for tabstops and variables, the | character it used to indicate caret position when snippet is expanded. If you want to output these characters as-is, you should use double slash to escape them: \\$ or \\|

$ 用于插入占位与变量，| 用于指示当代码片断展开后插入符的位置。如果想输出字面上的 | $，需要用双反斜杠转义：\\$ \\|。

Sharing snippets 分享代码片断

If you want to share your snippets with other users, you should put them into a file which name starts with snippets, for example: snippets-foo.json, snippets_bar.json, snippetsBaz.json. Emmet will load them on start and merge into a single snippets set.

如果你想分享你的代码片断给他人，将这些代码片断放在名字以 snippets 打头的文件内，比如 snippets-foo.json, snippets_bar.json, snippetsBaz.json ， Emmet 在启动时会加载它们并合并成一个代码片断集合。

Notice that snippets defined in snippets.json file has higher priority over ones defined in snippets*.json.

译注：原文错误。实际是 snippets.json 文件优先级最低。