Sublime Text 2 Snippet escaping backslash

Question

I'm trying to set up a snippet for building a set with appropriate spacing. I want the snippet to generate the following markup when I type "set" + TAB:

\{ \, content here \, \}

I have the following snippet:

<snippet>
<content><![CDATA[
\{\, ${1} \,\}
]]></content>
<tabTrigger>set</tabTrigger>
</snippet>

However, this produces the following:

{\,  \,}

It's escaping the first backslash and the last one. Any ideas on how to prevent this?

Can you provide some additional information like which editor you are using etc? — Stefan Waldmann, Mar 02 '13 at 09:37
I don't know which language uses, but usually you need \\{\, ${1} \,\\} to avoid escaping the backslash. Try an look if it works. (In TextMate, for example, it works that way.) — Manuel, Mar 02 '13 at 10:52
Bingo, that works. If you'd like to submit that as the answer, I'll mark it. — ohBoy, Mar 02 '13 at 12:43

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '13 at 23:21

Note: I turned this into an answer following @egreg 's suggestion. This is not a very clear/correct answer (I let anyone to edit and correct it), but based (only) on my experience in TextMate.

You need to avoid escaping the backslash, which is “usually” done with \\{\, ${1} \,\\}.

Sublime Text 2 Snippet escaping backslash

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