federico-terzi/espanso

Features

• Text Expanders - Replaces short trigger keywords with longer predefined text blocks across different platforms to increase typing speed.
• Text Expansion Utilities - Automates the insertion of predefined text templates into active documents across different applications.
• Cross-Platform Input Simulation - Interacts with OS-specific APIs to capture keyboard input and simulate key presses across different operating systems.
• Rust-Implemented Tooling - Implemented as a high-performance tool in Rust to ensure memory safety and efficient event handling.
• Event-Driven Input Handlers - Processes user input events through asynchronous loops to identify trigger patterns for text expansion.
• Regex Pattern Matching - Evaluates input streams against regular expression patterns to determine when a keyword should be replaced.
• External Command Execution - Runs system programs and captures their output to inject dynamic content into the active text field.
• Dynamic Content Injection - Inserts dynamic data, such as shell script outputs, into the text stream via keyboard shortcuts.
• Custom Run Scripts - Provides named shortcuts for shell commands to automate repetitive tasks or inject dynamic data.
• Regex Triggers - Fires snippet expansion when typed text matches a regular expression pattern, enabling dynamic trigger matching.
• Application-Specific Hotkeys - Implements context-aware triggers that only expand keywords when a specific application is focused.
• String Pattern Replacements - Replaces matched text patterns with new strings or the results of executed functions.
• Context-Aware Triggers - Limits text expansions to specific applications so keywords only trigger within designated software environments.
• Automation Tools - Cross-platform text expander written in Rust.

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