From 525510e53dcbd034f952c1aa632b73722fb50c35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:14:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Editor snippets: Dont lose the last selected word when the
 user triggers a non-existent snippet. Fixes #1713244 [Typo in snippet trigger
 makes ebook editor forget the
 selection](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1713244)

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/snippets.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/snippets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/snippets.py
index e014202613..da4bd07687 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/snippets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/snippets.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ class SnippetManager(QObject):
             if snip is None:
                 error_dialog(self.parent(), _('No snippet found'), _(
                     'No matching snippet was found'), show=True)
+                self.last_selected_text = self.last_selected_text or lst
                 return True
             template = expand_template(editor, trigger, snip['template'])
             if template.has_tab_stops: