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Text Expander #21529

Closed Ghedo44 closed 1 year ago

Ghedo44 commented 2 years ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

A text expander that detects when you type a specific keyword and replaces it with something else is very usefull.

Scenario when this would be used?

A textexpander helps me write much faster when I take notes in college because it allows me to replace keywords with whole sentences or complicated words. I use it a lot to write Latex math equations very fast, but it can also be used while programming and in all contexts where you have to write the same words many times.

Supporting information

Now I'm using Espanso as text expander. This is his GitHub repository: https://github.com/espanso/espanso

Jay-o-Way commented 2 years ago

AutoHotkey could do this without breaking a sweat!

ivanhofer commented 2 years ago

+1

PumaPride commented 2 years ago

It can, but I think (not 100% sure) AutoHotkey does not have a search-bar just like Espanso. Usefull to quickly find and insert snippets. Should be a great feature!

crutkas commented 1 year ago

/dup https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/5074

ghost commented 1 year ago

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!