Espanso: Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

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ahk7
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Espanso: Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

Post by ahk7 » 29 Jan 2020, 14:46

For those jumping to another OS but would like to keep hotstrings:

Espanso: Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust (Windows, Mac, Linux)
https://espanso.org/

Features
  • Smarter typing
  • Shell support (With the full power of the shell at your fingertips, copy-pasting becomes obsolete.)
  • Custom scripts (Execute custom scripts as you type and boost your productivity for any kind of workflow.)
  • Emoji support
  • Date support (espanso supports a wide range of date formats and expansions.)
  • Code snippets (Bring your favourite code snippets in every application.)
  • System-wide integration
  • File based configuration
  • Open-source license
  • Cross-platform support

burque505
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Joined: 22 Jan 2017, 19:37

Re: Espanso: Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

Post by burque505 » 30 Jan 2020, 12:48

Wow, nice find! Thanks!
EDIT: Anybody that likes YAML will probably like this. Also, you can call external scripts written in other languages, add images, use bash pipes, lots of cool stuff. Really worth a look.
Regards,
burque505

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