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   URI   Espanso – Cross-Platform Text Expander Written in Rust
       
       
        kamranjon wrote 12 min ago:
        This is how you do a Readme / went in having no clue what a text
        expander was and within 5 seconds understood what it was from a small
        gif.
       
        frellus wrote 17 min ago:
        I love espanso. I use it daily. Simplicity is perfect, it does one
        thing and does it well.
       
        Wolfbeta wrote 30 min ago:
        Also works with Android
        
   URI  [1]: https://github.com/lochidev/Expandroid
       
        bsnnkv wrote 4 hours 12 min ago:
        The single best way to insert emojis into text, I cannot function
        without this tool
       
        jatins wrote 5 hours 49 min ago:
        I found it really buggy when I used it to the point in was unusable
       
        hypertexthero wrote 5 hours 50 min ago:
        Anyone know how to change the default :date output to YYYY-MM-DD
        instead of MM/DD/YYYY on macOS?
        
        I’ve tried the following in default.yml and reloading the config, but
        it’s not working and Claude, Gemini, and myself are stumped :)
        
          matches:  
            - trigger: ":date"    
              replace: "{{mydate}}"  
              vars:  
            - name: mydate    
              type: date  
              params:  
                format: "%Y-%m-%d"
       
          Wolfbeta wrote 34 min ago:
          Put it in match/base.yml
       
          kemitchell wrote 5 hours 29 min ago:
          I shell out to POSIX `date` on Linux and I believe also on Windows:
          
              - trigger: ";tod"
                replace: "{{mydate}}"
                vars:
                - name: mydate
              type: shell
              params:
                cmd: date --iso-8601
       
          hypertexthero wrote 5 hours 30 min ago:
          Solution: Edit the # Print the current date section in…
          
            /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/espanso/match/base.yml
          
          …to read:
          
            # Print the current date
            - trigger: ":date"
              replace: "{{mydate}}"
              vars:
                - name: mydate
              type: date
              params:
                format: "%Y-%m-%d"
       
        henriquemaia wrote 6 hours 7 min ago:
        Have been using it for some years now. On Linux at least, it's easy to
        install and maintain.
        
        The size of my snippets list is now a testament of its usefulness. On
        the appropriate context (an online meeting, for instance), it feels
        like a superpower.
       
        behnamoh wrote 6 hours 14 min ago:
        I found Espanso very useful, but some bugs made me move on to Raycast,
        BetterTouchTool, etc. for similar functionality. For example, if
        Espanso config file is on a cloud drive, it doesn't automatically sync
        or read the file upon reboot.
        
        I'm planning to move back to Espanso though, as Raycast is moving in
        the wrong direction with all the AI non-features.
       
          KetoManx64 wrote 4 hours 39 min ago:
          Can't you just write a startup script that waits 1 minutes after a
          reboot and then restarts the Espanso service to apply the freshly
          downloaded config?
       
        bayindirh wrote 6 hours 17 min ago:
        I’m using it on KDE for quite some time now. It’s very useful, but
        sometimes types too fast and eats keystrokes. Other than that it’s
        flawless. Can recommend to anyone.
       
          stavros wrote 4 hours 31 min ago:
          Can you not configure the text speed?
       
        _HMCB_ wrote 6 hours 24 min ago:
        I’ve been using this for about 6 months. Love it.
       
        treetalker wrote 1 day ago:
        Can anyone recommend a good TextExpander to Espanso snippet converter?
       
          mariocesar wrote 6 hours 19 min ago:
          I used ChatGPT for that and it worked fine, you can even take
          screenshots and tell it to create the YAML config file for you
       
       
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