#autokey — Public Fediverse posts

#Espanso doesn't work correctly with the Flatpack version of KDE Kate text editor on Cinnamon Mint using X1 (at least for me). If I have a trigger of 'ofc' it should expand that to 'of course'. Except it's more likely to produce 'of cuor se' or 'ofc oseur'.

#AutoKey (different from AutoHotKey) does the same if I choose "keyboard" as the entry method, but it has other methods to add text: three clipboard ones (Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Shift+V, Shift+Insert), plus Mouse Selection (which does nothing).

Downside is that every text expansion I do then ends up cluttering the clipboard history utility I use, #CopyQ. So I had to define some hotkeys in that to toggle clipboard storing, and mostly run with CopyQ inactive until I needed it.

And it's frankly a pain to add expansions to AutoKey.
As an example:

Ctrl+N to start a new entry
type in "everyone" as its name
click in the expansion box (can't even tab to it)
Backspace out "Enter phrase contents"
type in "everyone" as its contents
Mouse down to Paste Using
Select "Shift+Insert"
Mouse down more to Abbreviations: Set
Click "Add" in the popup
type "e1" and hit Enter
Click "Match phrase case to typed abbreviation"
Click "OK"
Ctrl+S to save entry

That's thirteen steps to add an entry, compare to editing a single text file in Espanso and adding

trigger: "e1"
replace: "everyone"

Though that basic entry would always produce "everyone" and not "Everyone" when I type "E1" instead of "e1".

AutoKey does have text files, but it's one per entry, which is not remotely as convenient.

@Zenie @jbaty Giving up #TextExpander was the final, biggest obstacle to transitioning to Linux from MacOS eight or ten years ago. #AutoKey did the job under X, mostly, and #Espanso works sometimes under Wayland but only after a sojourn in config hell. But neither has ever been reliable. It must be a difficult problem space because it just doesn't ever work.

The vast majority of my snippets are for composing email, so I moved them to #yasnippet after I loved to #mu4e. And #Emacs has never let me down.

But that leaves tons of stuff in the browser where one is left just to muddle through.

#AutoKey

Created a 'sqlite_bookbiz_readonly' as well as 'sqlite_bookbiz' scripts.

Downloadable

sqlite_bookbiz.py
https://drive.proton.me/urls/NE5996N47R#w49QiDdABUR1

sqlite_bookbiz_readonly.py
https://drive.proton.me/urls/X4W3HBZ4YG#Y3Bp3aW1uq5L

I've summarized my settings and customization of my desktop using #GNOME48 (from #Debian13 #Trixie) on https://karl-voit.at/Gnome-Setup/

Including:
- my choice of #GNOME Extensions
- custom scripts in "Files" (#Nautilus) incl. keyboard shortcuts
- most settings can be easily set by gseetings in your shell without requiring Settings or Tweaks UI
- list of current bugs relevant to me

Still missing:
- Working text snippets like #AutoKey or #AHK

#publicvoit #PIM #Debian

TRIUMPH! The LAST and FINAL thing holding me back from completely moving to #Wayland was replacing #AutoKey for text expansion.

#espanso appears to replace all the functionality (at least that I use, although the scripting is not via Python). Happy!

NOTE! DEBIAN USERS! If you follow the instructions on the installation page, you get an old release that has dependency issues. Download the LATEST RELEASE 2.2.3 of the Wayland .deb

https://github.com/espanso/espanso/releases/tag/v2.2.3

and then follow the installation instructions:

https://espanso.org/docs/install/linux/#deb-wayland

can someone tell me, how to get #AutoKey (installed appstream://autokey-gtk.desktop) from Discover working in all windows in #Neon #KDE?

It works in Google Chrome, but not in #Thunderbird (which would be 95% of my usage) or Kate.

#Linux #linuxproblems

Well, I could solve the #autokey problem.

Nun gut, das Problem bei #autokey konnte ich lösen.

The PC is now running #Garuda #Linux, which means it's still running #ArchLinux. However, some oddities are annoying. #luakit doesn't want to learn other search engines, but what's particularly annoying is that abbreviations, or letter shortcuts, can no longer be defined with #autokey. When I click "OK" in the corresponding dialog window, nothing happens. Hotkeys, however, can be configured. I don't get it. #Arch

Der PC läuft nun mit #Garuda #Linux, also weiterhin mit #ArchLinux. Einige Merkwürdigkeiten nerven jedoch. #luakit will keine anderen Suchmaschinen lernen, aber besonders übel ist, dass sich bei #autokey keine Abbreviations, also Buchstabenkürzel, mehr definieren lassen. Beim Klick auf "OK" im zugehörigen Dialogfenster passiert einfach nichts. Hotkeys hingegen lassen sich einstellen. Kapiere ich nicht. #Arch

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@bricabrac
Ich nutze dafür, ebenfalls nach meinem Umstieg von Windows, seit Jahren #Autokey. Meines Wissen in allen Distributionen erhältlich. Es braucht als Basis autokey-common und dann je nach System autokey-qt oder autokey-gtk (nicht beides, sondern nur eins davon).

https://github.com/autokey/autokey

@maexchen1

Okay, das ist dann eine generelle Textbausteinverwaltung, oder?

Z.B. auf #Linux so etwas wie #AutoKey...

@wikinaut

Added #Bitwarden #AvesGallery #SimpleScreenRecorder #FlorisBoard #NeoStore to:

#uBlockOrigin #lichess #AutoKey #XScreenSaver #Anki #ArchLinux #Manjaro #KDE #xfce #LyX #InputRemapper #Strawberry #Soulseek #hBlock #Qalculate #CodeSpellChecker #LibreOffice #Geany #Betterbird #TransOver #EnhancerForYT #btop++ #Calibre #Shotcut #Remmina #Transmission #K9Mail #RedMoon #Markor #Livio #Musicolet #LittleFileExplorer #microG #AntennaPod #personalDNSfilter #PanoScrobbler #VivaldiBrowser #Bunnytrack

💡 #TIL there's another effort going on to bring inglorious

#AutoHotkey to 🐧 GNU/‬#Linux!
(#X11, that is.)

Meet #AHK_X11 🥳

🌐 https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11
📖 https://phil294.github.io/AHK_X11

☝️ Caveat: It only supports legacy #AHK 1.1 syntax and does not aim for 100% feature parity/compatibility, but should enable you to use most of your #hotkeys and #hotstrings #crossplattform! (Sync on your own).

#scripting #automation #DesktopAutomation #KeyboardWarriors #xdotool #gtk #AutoIt #AutoKey #AlternativeTo

Text Expander - Was ist das?

Mit kurzen Phrasen und Hotkeys die tägliche Arbeit erleichtern. Ein Erfahrungsbericht.

#Hotkey #Textersetzung #AutoKey #Espanso #Shortcut

https://gnulinux.ch/text-expander-was-ist-das

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@thunderbird
podcasts feeds in TB has been great for my setup

filter rules (?, can't remember exact name) also great to set alerts for some pods or keywords

the 3-4-5 steps to click and download the file can be macro'ed if needed with something like https://alternativeto.net/software/autokey-py3/about/

#autokey #podcatcher

@2342
Mir geht es zwar auch um die auf /home liegen Dateien, aber zudem um die dort unter /.config liegenden Konfigurationsdateien, z.B. für #i3wm #newsboat #clipit #autokey usw. usf. Wäre schön, wenn die eingelesen werden, als wäre nicht passiert.

⌨ „#Espanso is a cross-platform Text Expander written in #Rust”

🌐 https://espanso.org

😍 Sounds great, I will give it a try. It is extensible with additional packages, too.

#KeyboardManiac #autokey #autohotkey #win #mac #linux #floss #rustlang #gplv3 #aur

#AutoKey is a #macro program.

AutoKey is a utility which can automate keypresses on X11 desktops. AutoKey can perform a variety of tasks, including pasting addresses, replacing smilies with emoji, etc. AutoKey also features scripting, which allows for a massive amount of window, keyboard, mouse, etc. tasks to be automated effectively.

Website 🔗️: https://github.com/autokey/autokey

apt 📦️: autokey-gtk autokey-common

#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations #automation #AutoHotKey #Linux