From eb0da3c92f2aee00ce951410ec820ce2f63490d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Folke Lemaitre <folke.lemaitre@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 19:31:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(snippets): try to use the snippet parse to get a preview

---
 lua/lazyvim/util/cmp.lua | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/cmp.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/cmp.lua
index 1c9ad419..a3f83d79 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/cmp.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/cmp.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---@class lazyvim.util.cmp
 local M = {}
 
+---@alias Placeholder {n:number, text:string}
+
 ---@param snippet string
 ---@param fn fun(placeholder:Placeholder):string
 ---@return string
@@ -15,10 +17,13 @@ end
 ---@param snippet string
 ---@return string
 function M.snippet_preview(snippet)
-  local ret = M.snippet_replace(snippet, function(placeholder)
-    return M.snippet_preview(placeholder.text)
-  end):gsub("%$0", "")
-  return ret
+  local ok, parsed = pcall(function()
+    return vim.lsp._snippet_grammar.parse(snippet)
+  end)
+  return ok and tostring(parsed)
+    or M.snippet_replace(snippet, function(placeholder)
+      return M.snippet_preview(placeholder.text)
+    end):gsub("%$0", "")
 end
 
 -- This function replaces nested placeholders in a snippet with LSP placeholders.