variable information in a snippet

[kmaddox1]

I'm not sure I fully "get" the concept behind the new snippet functionality in RH7. I understand the part about how they are reusable blocks of text that you can create once and insert in many places. That makes sense, but I rarely include *exactly* the same block of text in multiple places. What I do, though, is to include very similar instructions in many places. The steps vary slightly depending on the topic. That is, the topic called "Creating X" includes numbered steps for setting up X; the topic called "Creating Y" includes numbered steps for setting up Y; and the topic called "Creating Z" includes numbered steps for setting up Z. Except for the names of what's being created (X vs Y vs Z), the step-by-step instructions are the same.

I was hoping to use a snippet for the text in topics X, Y, Z that is identical (most of it), while somehow inserting a variable in the snippet that would change from X to Y to Z, depending on the topic. Can that be done?

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

That is what I envisage.

[kmaddox1]

sounds perfect to me. Thank you for all your help. I'm already anticipating the next release!

[prhmusic2]

The changes in this thread weren't released in the "next release", right?