How to create custom snippets using luasnip

Question

I want to make my custom snippets in latex files. I am using luasnip and this is my config:

{
"hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
config = function()
  require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load({
    paths = { "C:/Users/lenovo/AppData/Local/nvim/snippets" },
  })

  require("luasnip").filetype_extend("tex", { "latex" })

  local cmp = require("cmp")
  local ls = require("luasnip")
  ls.add_snippets("latex", {
    ls.snippet("ttt", {
      ls.text_node("HELLO FROM LUA SNIPPET"),
    }),
  })

When I use this config it works without problems but i want to create a separate folder and get the snippets from there using:

require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load({
paths = { "C:/Users/lenovo/AppData/Local/nvim/snippets" },})

but when i delete:

ls.add_snippets("latex", {
ls.snippet("ttt", {
  ls.text_node("HELLO FROM LUA SNIPPET"),
}),

the snippets don't work.

Inside the snippets folder I have a file latex.json where I put this snippet:

{"test-snippet": {
"prefix": "ttt",
"body": ["HELLO FROM SNIPPET"] }}

And when I enter the command :set filetype? in the .tex file it returns tex.

koyaanisqatsi · Accepted Answer · 2025-08-16 23:03:40Z

1

You using WIndows. Therefore i guess you have to use Backslashes.

Example using longstring (double brackets) and Backslashes:

paths = {[[C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Local\nvim\snippets]]}

See > Escape sequences are not recognized when using double brackets, so:

Example using enquoted string and Backslashes:

paths = {"C:\\Users\\lenovo\\AppData\\Local\\nvim\\snippets"}

edited Aug 16 at 23:03

answered Aug 16 at 20:07

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