Shorthand types ~

[Kentty0518]

I used to ~ to delete the space at the start of the shorthand in the situation that I start a text. I press space to trigger use of a shorthand then the shorthand can delete the space for me. with ver 2.1 I recently updated to ver 2.3.1 and now instead of deleting the space it types the ~ symbol.

E.G dictionary DX ~Dear X,

before I type: space then Dx output: Dear X,

now I type: space then Dx output: ~Dear X,

Hope it make sense to you. I usually use Shorthand function to put a paragraph of text in.

[psoukie]

Sorry about this! When I rebuilt ZipChord in 2.1 and 2.2, I didn't have test coverage for a lot of the functionality, so there were some regressions. I'll include a test case for this so after it's fixed, it won't break again.

I am on a business trip this and next week with my work laptop only (where I don't have admin access), but I have remote access to another machine where I might be able to install AHK to fix this.

[psoukie]

I managed to install the tools I need remotely, so will be able to go fix this.

As a workaround which might be handy even after fix, to force ZipChord to recognize shorthands after switching between apps etc., briefly press and release Shift. (So you could have the shorthand defined without ~ and do Shift D X)

[psoukie]

This is now fixed in version 2.4. Because of the improvement that blocks shorthands for acronyms with uppercase letters such as "USD", do not type the shorthand with Shift for both D and X.

You can also consider using the trick with brief pressing of Shift in situations where you switched to a new window or moved the cursor, and then use a shorthand entry simply such as:

dx Dear X,{Enter}

But ~Dear X, for the expanded text is now working correctly also.