Mnemonics are templates for ReSharper and IntelliJ that let you quickly generate code and data structures by typing in names which are based on mnemonics - a structured abbreviation of the code you're trying to create.
For example, in C#, typing c and pressing Tab creates something like this:
public class MyClass
{
|
}
The vertical bar above indicates where the caret will end up once you're done editing the name of the class.
Similarly, C will create a static class, m creates a method, M creates a static method, and so on, including fields, variables, properties and more. You can then extend this to include the return type of the method:
mf- generates a method that returnsfloatms- a method that returnsstringm~s- a method that returns anIEnumerable<string>
This extends to more complex examples such as:
pgh.sb- a property with only a getter, of typeHashSet<StringBuilder>
Please take a look through the templates in ReSharper or IntelliJ to see the full list. Note that currently the shortcuts that include a period (.) do not work, and are unlikely to work in the future.
The project aims to support the following languages - currently supported ones are in bold:
- C# and VB.NET (ReSharper)
- Java, Scala, Kotlin (IntelliJ IDEA)
- Python (PyCharm)
- Ruby (RubyMine)
- Objective-C (appCode)
Installing mnemonics is simple.
- Go to the
downloadsdirectory and download the file related to your IDE. - ReSharper:
- 8.0 and later: Look for the mnemonics extension package in the ReSharper|Extension Manager.
- pre-8.0: Open ReSharper|Templates Explorer, press the Import... button, select the XML file. You're done. Note that on first use, VS might freeze for a while - this is normal and only happens once.
- IntelliJ IDEA: open File|Import Settings..., navigate to the directory with the
.jarfile, select it, press OK. IDEA will ask you to restart.