lets try again...

sources_non_forked/vim-snipmate/after/plugin/snipMate.vim

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+" These are the mappings for snipMate.vim. Putting it here ensures that it
+" will be mapped after other plugins such as supertab.vim.
+if !exists('loaded_snips') || exists('s:did_snips_mappings')
+	finish
+endif
+let s:did_snips_mappings = 1
+
+" This is put here in the 'after' directory in order for snipMate to override
+" other plugin mappings (e.g., supertab).
+"
+" To adjust the tirgger key see (:h snipMate-trigger)
+"
+if !exists('g:snips_trigger_key')
+  let g:snips_trigger_key = '<tab>'
+endif
+
+if !exists('g:snips_trigger_key_backwards')
+  let g:snips_trigger_key_backwards = '<s-' . substitute(g:snips_trigger_key, '[<>]', '', 'g')
+endif
+
+exec 'ino <silent> ' . g:snips_trigger_key . ' <c-g>u<c-r>=snipMate#TriggerSnippet()<cr>'
+exec 'snor <silent> ' . g:snips_trigger_key . ' <esc>i<right><c-r>=snipMate#TriggerSnippet()<cr>'
+exec 'ino <silent> ' . g:snips_trigger_key_backwards . '> <c-r>=snipMate#BackwardsSnippet()<cr>'
+exec 'snor <silent> ' . g:snips_trigger_key_backwards . '> <esc>i<right><c-r>=snipMate#BackwardsSnippet()<cr>'
+exec 'ino <silent> <c-r>' . g:snips_trigger_key . ' <c-r>=snipMate#ShowAvailableSnips()<cr>'
+
+" maybe there is a better way without polluting registers ?
+exec 'xnoremap ' . g:snips_trigger_key. ' s<c-o>:let<space>g:snipmate_content_visual=getreg('1')<cr>'
+
+" The default mappings for these are annoying & sometimes break snipMate.
+" You can change them back if you want, I've put them here for convenience.
+snor <bs> b<bs>
+snor <right> <esc>a
+snor <left> <esc>bi
+snor ' b<bs>'
+snor ` b<bs>`
+snor % b<bs>%
+snor U b<bs>U
+snor ^ b<bs>^
+snor \ b<bs>\
+snor <c-x> b<bs><c-x>
+
+" By default load snippets in snippets_dir
+if empty(snippets_dir)
+	finish
+endif
+
+" vim:noet:sw=4:ts=4:ft=vim