# Kdevelop externat snippets do not work partially under KDevelop 5.12.230805

**URL:** <https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdevelop-externat-snippets-do-not-work-partially-under-kdevelop-5-12-230805/33957>\
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**Created:** [May 8, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdevelop-externat-snippets-do-not-work-partially-under-kdevelop-5-12-230805/33957 "2025-05-08T13:49:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![rechtsanwaltsteyer](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/rechtsanwaltsteyer/32/17123_2.png) [@rechtsanwaltsteyer](https://discuss.kde.org/u/rechtsanwaltsteyer)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdevelop-externat-snippets-do-not-work-partially-under-kdevelop-5-12-230805/33957/1 "2025-05-08T13:49:35Z")

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Hello everyone, Milian Wolff kindly describes the placeholders for various variables in his article [Snippets In KDevelop / Kate - Milian Wolff](https://milianw.de/blog/snippets-in-kdevelop-kate.html). Unfortunately, this doesn’t work in the above KDevelop version. I was able to create my own snippets without this information, but external ones don’t work. See my request in the Help section from 3 days ago  
"if I insert this own snippet “${day()}.${month()+1}.${year()} ${hours()}:${minutes()}:${seconds()}h” into the Kdevelop editor, the data (May 5, 2025, 3:29:44 PM) appears correctly. If I use this instead:  
"/\*\* This file is part of ${project}  
\*

```
Copyright (C) %{year} %{fullname} <%{email}>
…
*/", the placeholders (%{year} %{fullname} <%{email}>) only display the same text, namely “%{year} %{fullname} <%{email}>”
This snippet is developed by stonemaster and part of his General Purpose C++ Snippets."

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tnx for an answer and regards  
Michael