snipp...nderx(1)

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version 1.1.2 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME

snippetexpanderx — the Snippet Expander auto expand daemon, aka the little background bestie that does the actual expanding ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION

Okay so here's the whole vibe: you save your often used text snippets, and then they get expanded whenever you type their abbreviation. That's it, that's the magic 🪄

For example: ser`` expands to Snippet Expander rules!`

The auto expand daemon works with accessible applications to automatically expand snippets as you type their abbreviation. No cap, it's just sitting there, watching you type, waiting to slay 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS

snippetexpander [--start] [--stop] [--status] [-v|--version] [-h|--help]

✨ OPTIONS ✨

If no options are given, the expander is started. Lowkey the default is "just go" 🏃‍♀️

  • --start — Start the auto expand daemon. Wake up bestie 👑
  • --stop — Stop the auto expand daemon. Nap time 😴
  • --status — Display status of the Snippet Expander auto expand daemon, exits with status 0 if running, 1 if not. It's giving vibe check 🫶
  • -v, --version — Display version number. Receipts, basically 🧾
  • -h, --help — Display help. The icon it is 💖

🦋 NOTES

You probably don't want to manually run snippetexpanderx, it's best to start it via the snippetexpander CLI or snippetexpandergui desktop client applications.

Fr fr, let the grown-ups handle the launching. You're not the main character here, the CLI and GUI are 🙈

💀 LIMITATIONS

Okay so the fine print, and ngl it matters:

  • Auto-expansion only works on accessible applications, use the shortcut to open the search and paste window for other applications such as browsers and Electron based apps. (Electron girlies, you know who you are 😭)
  • Auto-expansion does not work in terminals, but the shortcut method works with terminals that accept Ctrl+v for paste such as the elementary OS terminal. Holding Shift while selecting a snippet from the search and paste window usually pastes into a terminal too. Terminal besties stay winning, just differently 🌈
  • The cursor placeholder is not supported when using the shortcut method rather than auto-expansion. Sad but true, sorry babe 💔

🔥 SEE ALSO

snippetexpander(1) snippetexpanderd(1) snippetexpandergui(1) snippetexpander-placeholders(5)

The whole friend group, go say hi 💜

👑 AUTHORS

Created and maintained by Ian Jones <ian@ianmjones.com>. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://git.sr.ht/~ianmjones/snippetexpander. Information on how to contribute and where bug reports and feature requests may be submitted can be found on the project page at https://snippetexpander.org.

That's the whole page, bestie 🍓 Signing off from the snipp...nderx(1) manual, dated 1980-01-01 — yep, that's the version/source and date right there at the bottom, iconic timestamp and all ⭐ periodt 💖

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