** Quickly finding snippets
-There are some ways you can quickly find a snippet file:
+There are some ways you can quickly find a snippet file or create a new one:
- =M-x yas-new-snippet=
- Prompts you for a snippet name, then tries to guess a suitable
- directory to store it, prompting you for creation if it does not
- exist. Finally, places you in a new buffer set to =snippet-mode= so
- you can write your snippet.
+ Creates a new buffer with a template for making a new snippet.
+ The buffer is in =snippet-mode= (see below). When you are done
+ editing the new snippet, use =C-c C-c= to save it. This will
+ prompt for a directory two steps: first, the snippet table
+ (with a default based on the major mode you started in), and then
+ then snippet collection directory (defaults to the first directory
+ in =yas-snippet-dirs=. (See [[file:snippet-organization.org][Organizing Snippets]]
+ for more detail on how snippets are organized.)
- =M-x yas-find-snippets=