22 Jul 2022

See Nic Note: Text Expanders for background.

App resources
Website	https://espanso.org/
Documentation	https://espanso.org/docs/
Hub (packages)	https://hub.espanso.org/
Github	https://github.com/espanso/espanso
Community (Reddit)	https://www.reddit.com/r/espanso/
Community (Github) / Feature requests	https://github.com/espanso/espanso/discussions/categories/feature-requests-and-ideas

Error upon installation - let's see consequences:

Configuration:
(run espanson path in Terminal for the list)
- Config: /Users/user_folder/Library/Application Support/espanso
- Packages: /Users/user_folder/Library/Application Support/espanso/match/packages
- Runtime: /Users/user_folder/Library/Caches/espanso

5mns in, love it. Managing config and snippets via default.yaml and base.yaml is great.

Snippets unfurl in file dialog windows, which was not working with Alfred's snippets feature !apps/alfred.

My date snippet for file prefixes (used across most of my files):

# Print the current date
- trigger: ";d"
replace: "{{mydate}}"
vars:
    - name: mydate
    type: date
    params:
        format: "%y%m%d "

Note: I find using ; as trigger prefix to be more natural than : as it avoids needing to hit the Shift key each time - though this depends on one's keyboard layout.

Highlights from documentation

sync snippets across devices

using Dropbox 😊 : https://espanso.org/docs/sync/

Make symlink with ln -s "/Users/nic/Dropbox/Apps/espanso" "/Users/nic/Library/Application Support/espanso"

Backspace Undo

add undo_backspace: false to default.yaml to remove the behaviour.

Espanso Hub

https://hub.espanso.org/search

a few interesting packages for me:

basic-emojis

https://hub.espanso.org/basic-emojis

git

https://hub.espanso.org/git

mac-symbols

https://hub.espanso.org/mac-symbols

foreign-thanks

https://hub.espanso.org/foreign-thanks

french-accents

https://hub.espanso.org/french-accents

Ze French langouage iz sometimez peinful wiz ol its akzentz!

Usual way on macOS is just to hit a key and stay on it until all the character's options appear, then select the number of the desired accented character

Let's see if this helps.

Seems to work well though I had to remove this match which is basically unusable (because replacing to french accent everytime a e precedes a colon):

  - trigger: "e:"
    replace: "ë"

also removed this one, which is messing up words like "goes":

  - trigger: "oe"
    replace: "œ"

also removed this, because it hijacks words like "movies,":

  - trigger: "c,"
    replace: "ç"

actually, let's change it to add a ; prefix to the trigger:

  - trigger: ";c,"
    replace: "ç"

24 Jul 2022 ended up adding the ; prefix to all triggers in this package.yaml file as default behaviour was annoying. Let's see if it becomes natural & efficient over time.

markdown-shortcuts

https://hub.espanso.org/markdown-shortcuts (note a lot of keystrokes saved though)

espanso-get-ip-pack

https://hub.espanso.org/get-ip

My configuration file

19 Nov 2022

My base.yml:

# espanso match file

# For a complete introduction, visit the official docs at: https://espanso.org/docs/

# You can use this file to define the base matches (aka snippets)
# that will be available in every application when using espanso.

# Matches are substitution rules: when you type the "trigger" string
# it gets replaced by the "replace" string.
matches:
  # Simple text replacement
  - trigger: ":espanso"
    replace: "Hi there!"

  # NOTE: espanso uses YAML to define matches, so pay attention to the indentation!

  # But matches can also be dynamic:

  # Current date as YYMMDD
  - trigger: ";d"
    replace: "{{mydate}}"
    vars:
      - name: mydate
        type: date
        params:
          format: "%y%m%d"

  # Timestamp as YYMMDD-HHMM
  - trigger: ";t"
    replace: "{{mydate}}"
    vars:
      - name: mydate
        type: date
        params:
          format: "%y%m%d-%H%M"

  # Print the output of a shell command
  - trigger: ":shell"
    replace: "{{output}}"
    vars:
      - name: output
        type: shell
        params:
          cmd: "echo 'Hello from your shell'"

  # And much more! For more information, visit the docs: https://espanso.org/docs/

  # MY SHORTCUTS
  # sorted alphabetically to avoid overlapses
  - trigger: "6cz"
    replace: "https://us02web.zoom.us/my/nicolas.deville?pwd=xxxxxxxxx"
  - trigger: ";100"
    replace: "💯"
  - trigger: ";ang" # ANGel
    replace: "😇"
  - trigger: ";ard" # ARrow Down
    replace: "⬇︎"
  - trigger: ";arl" # ARrow Left
    replace: "⬅︎"
  - trigger: ";arr" # ARrow Right
    replace: "➤"
  - trigger: ";aru" # ARrow Up
    replace: "⬆︎"
  - trigger: ";bb" # BtoBsales
    replace: "https://btobsales.eu"
  - trigger: ";blo" # BLOwn
    replace: "🤯"
  - trigger: ";blu" # BLUsh
    replace: "😳"
  - trigger: ";conf" # CONFused
    replace: "😕"
  - trigger: ";cool"
    replace: "😎"
  - trigger: ";cv"
    replace: "https://cv.nicolasdeville.com"
    # ;d taken by date insertion above
  - trigger: ";ex" # EXcited
    replace: "🤗"
  - trigger: ";fc" # Fingers Crossed
    replace: "🤞🏼"
  - trigger: ";geek"
    replace: "🤓"
  - trigger: ";gg"
    replace: "👍🏼"
  - trigger: ";hap" # HAPpy
    replace: "😁"
  - trigger: ";li" # LInkedin
    replace: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ndeville"
  - trigger: ";ll"
    replace: "😂😂😂"
  - trigger: ";lol"
    replace: "😂"
  - trigger: ";luc" # LUCk
    replace: "🍀"
  - trigger: ";mer"
    replace: "🙏🏼"
  - trigger: ";nd"
    replace: "@nicolasdeville.com"
  - trigger: ";ok"
    replace: "👌🏼"
  - trigger: ";phd" # PHone De
    replace: "+49 xxx xxx xxxx"
  - trigger: ";phu" # PHone Uk
    replace: "+44 xxx xxxx xxx"
  - trigger: ";puz"
    replace: "🤔"
  - trigger: ";re"
    replace: "🙄"
  - trigger: ";sad"
    replace: "😕"
  - trigger: ";shrug"
    replace: "🤷🏻‍♂️"
  - trigger: ";smi"
    replace: "😄"
  - trigger: ";sml"
    replace: "😊"
  - trigger: ";sta" 
    replace: "⭐️"
  - trigger: ";str"
    replace: "💪🏼"
  - trigger: ";sw"
    replace: "😅"
    # ;t taken by date-time insertion above
  - trigger: ";what"
    replace: "🤷🏻‍♂️"
  - trigger: ";wi"
    replace: "😉"
  - trigger: ";wow"
    replace: "😮"
  - trigger: ";wt"
    replace: "😜"

Questions

Unfurl after space

Unfurl after space · espanso/espanso · Discussion #1306 · GitHub

github.com

https://github.com/espanso/espanso/discussions/1306

I see two possibilities :

use word: true option.
or use regex like this regex: ";d\\s"