nvim: clean up snippets

it looks readable now

src/.config/nvim/lua/coding.lua

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ local servers = {
 				},
 				diagnostics = {
 					-- get it to stop complaining about luasnip
-					globals = {'s', 'f', 't', "fmt", "c", "sn", "i", "rep", "d", "k"},
+					globals = {'s', 'f', 't', "fmt", "c", "sn", "i", "rep", "d", "k", "events"},
 				},
 			}
 		}

src/.config/nvim/snippets/all.lua

@@ -23,22 +23,91 @@ local function rep_node(args, snip)
 	return ret
 end
 
+
+--------------------------------
+-- fbox snippet helper functions
+--------------------------------
+
+---format box sides
+---@param style_code string?
+---@param side string
+---@param sz integer
+---@param width integer?
+---@return string
+local function box_line(style_code, side, sz, width)
+	local shorthand = {
+		r = "round",
+		h = "heavy",
+		s = "sharp",
+	}
+	local styles = {
+		round = "╭─╮││╰─╯",
+		heavy = "┏━┓┃┃┗━┛",
+		sharp = "┌─┐││└─┘",
+	}
+
+	type = shorthand[style_code] or "round"
+
+	-- array of characters (because lua strings are not c-strings 😔)
+	-- nor does nvim lua have utf-8 support 😔
+	-- https://stackoverflow.com/a/27941567
+	local style = {}
+	for code in styles[type]:gmatch("[%z\1-\127\194-\244][\128-\191]*") do
+		table.insert(style, code)
+	end
+
+	if side == "left" then
+		return style[4]
+	elseif side == "right" then
+		return string.rep(" ", (width or sz) - sz) .. style[5]
+	end
+
+	-- offset into the style
+	local o = 1
+
+	if side == "top" then o = 1 end
+	if side == "bottom" then o = 6 end
+
+	-- +2 for padding
+	return style[o] .. string.rep(style[o + 1], sz) .. style[o + 2]
+end
+local function box_fct(args, snip, side)
+	local content = args[1] or { "" }
+	local content_width = 0
+	for _, line in ipairs(content) do
+		content_width = math.max(content_width, string.len(line))
+	end
+	return box_line(snip.captures[1], side, content_width - 6)
+end
+
 return {
 	--------------------------------
 	--------------------------------
 	-- date and timekeeping snippets
 	--------------------------------
 	--------------------------------
-	s({ trig = "today", desc = "YYYY-MM-DD date of today" }, f(function()
+	s({
+		trig = "today",
+		name = "Today date format",
+		desc = "YYYY-MM-DD date of today"
+	}, f(function()
 		return os.date("%Y-%m-%d")
 	end)),
 
-	s({ trig = "yesterday", desc = "YYYY-MM-DD date of yesterday" }, f(function()
+	s({
+		trig = "yesterday",
+		name = "Yesterday date format",
+		desc = "YYYY-MM-DD date of yesterday"
+	}, f(function()
 		local t = os.date("*t")
 		return os.date("%Y-%m-%d", os.time { year = t.year, month = t.month, day = t.day - 1 })
 	end)),
 
-	s({ trig = "timestamp", desc = "Unix day timestamp (locked to midnight)" }, f(function()
+	s({
+		trig = "timestamp",
+		name = "Unix day timestamp",
+		desc = "Unix time for today (locked to midnight)"
+	}, f(function()
 		local t = os.date("*t")
 		return tostring(os.time { year = t.year, month = t.month, day = t.day, hour = 0 })
 	end)),
@@ -46,9 +115,10 @@ return {
 	s(
 		{
 			trig = "datestamp (%d-)-(%d-)-(%d-)",
+			name = "Unix timestamp based on date",
 			regTrig = true,
 			desc =
-			"YYYY-MM-DD to Unix day timestamp (locked to midnight)"
+			"YYYY-MM-DD to Unix day timestamp conversion (locked to midnight)"
 		}, f(function(_, snip)
 			return tostring(os.time { year = snip.captures[1], month = snip.captures[2], day = snip.captures[3], hour = 0 })
 		end)),
@@ -58,14 +128,17 @@ return {
 	-- miscellaneous snippets
 	--------------------------------
 	--------------------------------
-	s({ trig = "shrug", desc = "shrug emoticon (not escaped)" }, t("¯\\_(ツ)_/¯")),
+	s({
+		trig = "shrug",
+		desc = "shrug emoticon (not escaped)"
+	}, t("¯\\_(ツ)_/¯")),
 
 	s(
 		{
 			trig = "(%d*)segm(%d-)",
 			regTrig = true,
+			name = "section/segment header title comment.",
 			desc = {
-				"section/segment header title comment.", "",
 				"number in front is height (default 1), second number is width.",
 				"to use this, type the comment symbol (e.g. # or //) then TAB, then the section title.",
 				"see also: https://www.pathsensitive.com/2023/12/should-you-split-that-file.html",
@@ -96,4 +169,41 @@ return {
 			cont = i(2),
 			surr2 = f(rep_node, { 1 })
 		})),
+
+	s(
+		{
+			trig = "fbox(%a?)",
+			regTrig = true,
+			name = "format box",
+			desc = { "draw a unicode box around some text.", "use fboxs for sharp corners (round default), fboxh for heavy" }
+		},
+		fmt([[
+		{surr1}
+		{content}
+		{surr2}
+		]],
+			{
+				content = i(1, "contents", {
+					node_callbacks = {
+						[events.leave] = function(node)
+							local t = node:get_text()
+							local width = 0
+							for _, line in ipairs(t) do
+								width = math.max(width, string.len(line))
+							end
+							local new_t = {}
+							for _, l in ipairs(t) do
+								local sz = string.len(l)
+								local style_code = node.parent.captures[1]
+								table.insert(new_t,
+									box_line(style_code, "left", sz, width) ..
+									" " .. l .. " " .. box_line(style_code, "right", sz, width))
+							end
+							node:set_text(new_t)
+						end
+					}
+				}),
+				surr1 = f(box_fct, { 1 }, { user_args = { "top" } }),
+				surr2 = f(box_fct, { 1 }, { user_args = { "bottom" } }),
+			})),
 }

src/.config/nvim/snippets/lua.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 return {
-	s({ trig = "snipf", desc = "meta snippet (snippet for making snippets)" }, fmt([[
+	s({
-	s({{trig="{}", desc="{}"}}, {}),
+		trig = "snipf",
-	]], { i(1, "trigger"), i(2, "human-readable description"), i(3, "<body nodes>") }))
+		desc = "meta snippet (snippet for making snippets)"
+	}, fmt([[
+	s({{
+		trig="{}",
+		name="{}",
+		desc="{}",
+	}},
+		{}
+	),
+	]], { i(1, "trigger"), i(2, "human-readable name"), i(3, "human-readable description"), i(4, "body") }))
 }