There are some new features on Snipt that you might not have seen! Here’s a quick roundup:
Themes!
There is now an extendable library of highlighting themes for your code here on Snipt- check it out in the themes section. Do you want a theme you don’t see in the library? Just tweet at me and I’ll add it. These themes will be reflected in embedded versions of the snipt, but can be restyled in the embed as well.
Download Snipt / Raw Text Snipt
You can now download snipts! Just click the “download” link at the bottom of the snipt. All the popular languages will be downloaded in the target language (.php, .c, etc). If you just want a quick way to grab the snipt click the “raw text” link at the bottom of the snipt and a new window will open with the raw text of your snipt (unhighlighted).
I will be posting an extensive styling guide on how to use the embeddable snipt in the next few days, you can change it to fit any color theme and even make your own!
Just a small update this time. The Snipt code editor has been upgraded with more robust tabbing support! You may also notice some more descriptive error messages to give you a better idea of whats going on when Snipt runs into problems. Thanks to twitter user @billnega for his valuable feedback!
Additionally we have added “language memory” to the Snipt code editor so you don’t have to reselect your language every time you add a snipt. You can thank twitter user @mp3tricord for this one.
Do you have ideas or suggestions? We do our best to implement user feedback ASAP (usually within hours). Shoot your feedback to us via twitter, or on our user feedback system.
More exciting updates coming soon :D
I’m happy to announce you can now embed your Snipts! Just click the “Embed this Snipt” link at the bottom of your Snipt, you will get a short <script>, this will allow you to embed your Snipt anywhere you want! Just copy paste the code into any HTML form!
Styling the Embed
In addition to embedding Snipts you can also style the embed container. Here are the stylable elements (widget, snipt title, snipt language, header, code container). They can be controlled by overriding the style names below AFTER the embed code:
To change the font size of the formatted code you’ll need to add ‘&fontsize=18’ (changes font to 18px) to the end of the embed src. The default fontsize is 12px.
Here are the default values for the embed styles, remember for your stylings to take effect you need to override these CSS ID’s after the embed tag.
That’s it, your ready to start sharing your Snipts with the world! Please remember this is BETA. If you have any problems at all please tweet@me or post to the feedback forums.
Thanks everyone for all the support shown towards Snipt.org! I’m glad
people are using this thing, and as such, have added some new features:
Snipt Box
Snipt Box allows you to easily retrieve code that you snip. It uses your
twitter info to create a ‘Snipt Box’ just for you. To use Snipt Box just check
“Add to my Snipt Box” from the homepage. You can always access
your box via
http://box.snipt.org/twitterusername.
Private Snipts
Got a Snipt you don’t want to show up in search results? Just check
the “private” checkbox on the homepage and your Snipt will be
hidden from search, but it will still show up in your box.
As always you can still post Snipts without your twitter data, just
leave the “Save to my Snipt Box” option unchecked.
Thanks again for all the support, hope the community finds these tools useful!
Snipt is a tool for developers and non developers alike. It allows you to post long pieces of text or code (Snipts) and share them with people using convenient short URLs. This is useful for things like Twitter and Instant Messaging where being concise is key.
Snipt supports over 125 different formats ranging from csharp and actionscript to plain text and ascii. We are constantly adding formats to support the growing community. Need a new format? Please let us know!
