Create snippets in VSCode

March 1, 2022

  • open snippets by selecting Configure User Snippets -> markdown.json
"Frontmatter": {
    "description": "Insert yml frontmatter",
    "prefix": "frontmatter",
    "body": [
    "---",
    "title: ${1:title}",
    "date: $CURRENT_YEAR-$CURRENT_MONTH-$CURRENT_DATE",
    "tags: ${2:tags}",
    "---"
    ]
},
"Date": {
    "description": "Insert current date",
    "prefix": "date",
    "body": [
        "## $CURRENT_YEAR-$CURRENT_MONTH-${CURRENT_DATE}"
    ]
},
"Time": {
    "description": "Insert current time",
    "prefix": "time",
    "body": [
        "### $CURRENT_HOUR:$CURRENT_MINUTE:$CURRENT_SECOND",
    ]
}