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TextExpander is a text expansion utility for Mac OS X and iOS made by Smile. Key features include snippets that include forms, running shell scripts within snippets, DropBox synchronization, and custom keyboards under iOS 8.

TextExpander is a text expansion utility for Mac OS X and iOS made by Smile. Key features include snippets that include forms, running shell scripts within snippets, DropBox synchronization, and custom keyboards under iOS 8.

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Why is the system beeping when I use AppleScript to set text in BBEdit from TextExpander?

I've written an AppleScript that is designed to fire when TextExpander notices a keystroke. It works fine when run from the AppleScript Editor but under certain conditions it also beeps when run from TextExpander. Here's the script: tell front…
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AppleScripts run from Text Expander return System Events error

I recently set up a Mac as new instead of using Migration Assistant, or any other means of restoring my information, and am finding that all of the snippets I have set up in Text Expander that rely on AppleScript return the following error: "Not…
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Textexpander 5 optional section keyboard shortcut

I'm using TextExpander 5. Is it possible to use a keyboard instead of a mouse then working with a popup window with importing choices? Like, if I don't want to include a section I'd rather use my keyboard to uncheck a checkbox then reaching out for…
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How to share AutoKey and TextExpander snippet files : json vs. xml

I'm using AutoKey on Ubuntu (12.04) and it works fine. Now I want to use a shared DropBox file, containing all snippets, however this is a TextExpander file because my colleges use MACs and have another app like AutoKey, called TextExpander. Their…
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Text expander paste function to format a phone number

I am trying to create a Text Expander snippet to speed up a workflow. I want to copy a number in this format: +12345678910 and be able to past this it like this: (234) 567-8910 and make the font bold. The closest script I've found is: var s2 =…
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c# Expander content is not on the left

I have the problem that the content of the expander does not start at the left, how can I solve this? As you can see on the picture, the contents of my expander are not shown to the far left. I have tried many settings, unfortunately I do not come…
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Applescript is inexplicably failing in Big Sur

I've been using TextExpander to run this script and it recently started failing after updating to Big Sur. Thinking it was related to TextExpander, I created a similar shortcut to run it in BetterTouchTool but am having the same issue. It's not…
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How do I listen to a specific text string on Mac OS X in a livecode application

I want to create a Mac app similar to Textexpander or Atext. Both these applications allow the user to define snippets along with their respective trigger words. Typing the trigger words in any app, replaces that trigger word with the actual snippet…
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I'm trying to change a property value in a TextExpander application object but can't

I've created a large number of TextExpander snippets but with the wrong font. Using AppleScript I want to change the font of all rich text expansion of the snippets in a group using the following script: use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite…
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delphi set the TExpander height

i've a TExpander component and i add some TTexts to it at runtime , the issue i'm facing is : how can this Expander's height be set based on the Number of the TTexts , something like AutoSize ? the code i'm using : procedure…
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TextExpander, Shell Script, Paste Image

I'm creating a text expansion snippet to pull stock information from a website. I'd like it to look up the ticker currently on the clipboard, go to said website and pull down the required stock chart and paste it into the document I am working on. I…
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TextExpander, Shell Scripts, & Node

I'm trying to execute some JS code as a Node shell script, but it doesn't seem to work and I can't tell why. Here's a simple example: #!/usr/bin/env node console.log("foo"); The above script should result in TextExpander inserting the text "foo"…
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Need a snippet to output long date with date ordinals in TextExpander

I use TextExpander on Windows and have googled for an solution to my problem. All the solutions I've seen so far are written in AppleScript which doesn't work on Windows. The format I need looks like this: Monday, 1st August 2016 Tuesday, 2nd…
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Textexpander with Python to match phone numbers

I want to use Textexpander and Python to match phone numbers via the clipboard: Click a phone number formated like 0798008080 in one application, copy the number and insert the clipboard content with a Textexpander-Shortcut in another application…
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