Xcode Macros

Type any of the prefixes below and then type control-. (period) to expand them to the full text. Control-/ will then select the next placeholder like it does for code completion, and Control-Shift-/ will select the previous placeholder.

• @try == Try / Catch Block
• @catch == Catch Block
• @finally == Finally Block
• log == NSLog() Call
• a == Alloc / Init Call
• aa == Array Declaration
• ma == Mutable Array Declaration
• fora == Array For Loop
• init == Init Method Definition
• dealloc == Dealloc Method Definition
• nss == NSString
• nsms == NSMutableString
• nsma == NSMutableArray
• nsd == NSDictionary
• nsmd == NSMutableDictionary

• if == If Block
• ifelse == If / Else Block
• elseif == Else If Block
• for == For Loop
• fori == For i Loop
• while == While Loop
• do == Do While Loop
• switch == Switch Block
• case == Case Block
• else == Else Block
• enum == Enum Definition
• struct == Struct Definition
• union == Union Definition
• typedef == Type Definition
• printf == Printf() Call
• pm == #Pragma Mark
• pim == #Import Statement (System)
• pimf == #Import Statement (Framework)
• pin == #Include Statement
• pins == #Include Statement (System)
• pif == #If Block
• pifd == #Ifdef Block
• pife == #If / Else Block
• pifde = #Ifdef / Else Block
• pifz == #If 0 Block
• copyright == Copyright Comment
• comment == Comment Selection
• cseparator == Separator Comment

• pifdcpp == #Ifdef __cplusplus Block
• pifdecpp == #Ifdef _cplusplus / Else Block
• static_cast == Static Cast
• dynamic_cast == Dynamic Cast
• reinterpret_cast == Reinterpret Cast
• try == Try / Catch Block
• catch == Catch Block
• cout == Cout Statement
• coutm == Cout Message
• namespace == Namespace Definition
• class == Class Definition
• extern == Extern \“C\” Statement
• externb == Extern \“C\” Block

* note: many of the C/C++ macros work for Java

• try == Try / Catch Block
• catch == Catch Block
• finally == Finally Block
• println == Println() Call
• synchronized == Synchronized Block

• b == Bold
• i == Italics
• u == Underline
• big == Bigger
• small == Smaller
• title == Title
• strike == Strikethrough
• sub == Subscript
• sup == Superscript
• tt == Typewriter Text
• code == Code
• center == Center
• h1 == Heading 1
• h2 == Heading 2
• h3 == Heading 3
• h4 == Heading 4
• h5 == Heading 5
• h6 == Heading 6
• hr == Horizontal rule
• a == Link
• at == Link With Target
• aa == Anchor
• ol == Ordered List
• ul == Ordered List
• li == List Item