gedit snippet not working on new system

[Wade Smart]

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Registered Linux User: #480675
> Registered Linux Machine: #408606
> Linux since June 2005
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> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:06:25 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>>Well - this might be specifically a gedit thing.
>>>
>>>On my laptop where it is running I noticed that when you click on
>>>the menu there is no option to manage snippets. There is also no
>>>Preferences menu either. But the snippets do work. On the other
>>>system both menu Preferences and menu > Manage Snippets are
>>>present.
>>
>> On my non-Ubuntu (Arch Linux) install the same version of gedit as
>> yours has got no menu bar, but the titel bar that does need as much
>> space as e.g. pluma's title bar + the menu bar. Here gedit has got a
>> burger menu, it provides 'Preferences' as well as 'Manage Snippets...',
>> if 'Preferences > Plugins > Snippets' is checked.
>>
>> If you would advise me how to add one of your snippets, I could test,
>> if it works for gedit 3.28.1 on Arch Linux. This at least is useful to
>> evaluate, if the culprit is the Ubuntu package and/or your settings, or
>> if it's more likely an upstream bug.
>
> I have the same setup as you do, burger menu > just no preferences or
> manage snippets. And no, nothing special for permissions.
>
> And, I fixed it.
> $(date +"%H%M ")
>
> There can be no space between + and " and must
> be a space after the M before ". Ive never noticed
> that in the past but.. whatever .. its working.
>
> (really thinking about reinstalling 16.04 and just sticking
> with it because its stable all round)

Sorry, didnt answer your question.
Click Manage Snippets.
On the left click on Global to highlight it and at the bottom
of the screen click on the plug + sign.
Name your new snippet .. I called it Time
Paste the above code in the code area to the right.
At the bottom under the code area type t in the tab trigger
box. With the screen still open, or you can close it, in your
document type t and click Tab. It will insert the time.

Wade