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Re: Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing

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Post by federicoterzi »

dafman wrote: post #40

I've been using Espanso for about a month and it's made some tasks in my daily life so much easier. I regularly have to use template text, and instead of having to copy-paste it every time I've just set it to a snippet and it ends up saving me quite a lot of time. I've also taken to using it for URLs, as in some repsects its easier than having something bookmarked. Definitely one of those tools that make me wonder ho…

Thank you very much for the kind words! I appreciate it :)

Re: Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing

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Post by gerdesj »

federicoterzi wrote: post #33
temp0826 wrote: post #32

I’ve been looking for a system-level “cloud” -> “butt”. Thanks!

You're welcome! :) You might also enjoy the dad-jokes package: https://hub.espanso.org/packages/dadjoke/

Love it! It turns out espanso is in the AUR for Arch.

I've just filled kate with dadjokes which isn't as sick as it sounds!

Re: Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing

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Post by magnio »

federicoterzi wrote: post #25
magnio wrote: post #24

I used Espanso a while back on my Win 10 machine. It was nice, but I got noticeable lag compared to the smooth replacing of AutoHotKey (AHK also uses less resources). I might switch to Espanso in the future though, given that AHK is not available on Linux.

I'm sorry you experienced this problem! How many snippets were you using? AHK is indeed a wonderful tool, and because it only supports Windows, it can apply some optimizations that are not available on other platforms. I'm currently rewriting the core, so things might get a bit faster in the future :)

I don't use many snippets, probably less than a hundred.

Just tried it again. Not as slow as I remember, the syntax is also cleaner than AHK. Switching to it now :)

Re: Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing

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Post by Kaze404 »

federicoterzi wrote: post #5

(Author here) Feel free to ask any question, I'll be happy to answer them :)

I seem to have found a bug. When I use the default match ":espanso" on my terminal (Kitty) it gets expanded to "hi there1", while I expect "Hi there!". Seems to work fine on Firefox.

Edit: Seems like it's an issue with shifted characters? When I type any trigger and erase, for example ":espanso", I expect the first character to be a colon (:) but instead I get a semi-colon (;). Weird.

Re: Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing

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Post by justindirose »

I used to use TextExpander, but their app started to feel unpolished and was a bit expensive for my tastes. I've been using Espanso now for the most of the last year and I've been enjoying it. I even made a video about it [0].

My favorite "feature" is the fact that it works so easily cross-platform.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXohQcuZyk

Re: Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing

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Post by federicoterzi »

justindirose wrote: post #47

I used to use TextExpander, but their app started to feel unpolished and was a bit expensive for my tastes. I've been using Espanso now for the most of the last year and I've been enjoying it. I even made a video about it [0]. My favorite "feature" is the fact that it works so easily cross-platform. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXohQcuZyk

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the project :)
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