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		majkinetor 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Espanso – Cross-Platform Text Expander Written in ... Autohotkey is go to on Windows for stuff like this, and its called hotstrings [1]. Hotstrings are much more powerfull. Trigger can for example run arbitrary function. AFAIK on linux, you can run it using wine. [1] https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/Hotstrings.htm

nixpulvis 8 months ago [–]

IIUC they can also run arbitrary scripts with Espanso.

majkinetor 8 months ago | [–]

Arbitrary scripts, yes. AHK has a dedicated language which has a lot of hotkey stuff in it (hence the name). Other types of scripts are incomparable.

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