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Idea for extending this: keylogger (yeah, that's a downside...) that'll watch what you type, learn common phrases, identify common ones, then come up with shortcuts, then each time you type the full phrase it gently reminds you of the shortcut. Then anyone can install it, no friction, and over time it'll slowly start making you gently more productive.
I use a tool called "Espanso" to accomplish something similar at work. It only runs locally, so no weird data scraping issues to worry about. And it's easy to update as things changes because everything lives in a simple yml file. https://espanso.org/ It can do simple text replacement, so I have words, phrases, and sentences I use frequently compressed into a few keyboard clicks. It can also grab what is in your clip…
The creator is also incredibly nice, one of those rare open source devs that seems to go out of his way to validate concerns and make PRs truly feel welcome.
Great project.
I feel like typing is never really the bottleneck for me except maybe in some chat interactions would have benefited from the extra bandwidth of video or audio. Do you actually save time on task with these kinds of shortcuts?
For longer writing I'm often frustrated that I can think faster than I can type, so it does help with that too!
I use similar abbreviations in code editor, for example: r0 -> return false rn -> return null t -> this puf -> public function You can easily find the opportunities for saving typing by analyzing existing code and most used words there.
This is neat! I've thought about doing something similar with my shell history to help me figure out which shell aliases I should create.
cm = git commit -m st = git status inst = sudo apt get install -y fucking = sudo
This seems like a really good way to make it so you have a hard time typing on anyone's computer but your own.
On Windows, better fit is Autohotkey and its hotstrings for people wanting to use this. It's much better for that as it supports full programming language so you could use function results and similar to produce abbreviations. https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/Hotstrings.htm
I use the native feature for this in macOS and iOS a lot!
Specifically, * not in terminal * not in Chrome URL bar (but yes in text areas) * not in emacs * not in vim
I'd like a native version very much, but only when it works in most places. As it is now, I'd have to configure many things individually, which is a bit of a maintenance nightmare.
I guess a viable answer would be to use an external keyboard with a firmware under your control. All DIY mechanical keyboards and lots of commercial ones fall under that category. But that won't work for laptops on the go...
If you're going to use models, why not models all the way through? In other words, rather than using them merely to identify words to abbreviate and suggested abbreviations, why not use an LLM that can take a bunch of abbreviated text and infer what you're trying to abbreviate? Tht wy, u dn't hv 2 mem lsts f abbrs ahd f tm. ChatGPT was able to successfully guess that last sentence in abbreviated form: That way, you d…
I use a tool called "Espanso" to accomplish something similar at work. It only runs locally, so no weird data scraping issues to worry about. And it's easy to update as things changes because everything lives in a simple yml file. https://espanso.org/ It can do simple text replacement, so I have words, phrases, and sentences I use frequently compressed into a few keyboard clicks. It can also grab what is in your clip…