Note that I recently switched from TextExpander, which has a $36 annual subscription cost, to espanso, which is free, and, at least in my experience, MUCH faster.
All of the shortcuts below still work, and I have archived the orginal TextExpander backup files in this repo. But the new espanso YAML is available at
default.yml.I have also published a converter to enable you to quickly go from TextExpander to espanso, as I did :)
Note: These are not yet ported to espanso.
With text selected, use the following commands to replace the text with a modified version:
| Command | Shortcut | Example Before | Example After | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper-Case | \\ku |
Lorem ipsum |
LOREM IPSUM |
idk I do this a lot |
| Hyphenate | \\hyph |
Lorem ipsum okay? |
Lorem-ipsum-okay? |
Great for when you're having a I-need-to-hyphenate-everything sort of day |
| Generate LaTeX | \\latex |
x^2 |
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=x%5E2 (Which is an image that renders as |
Great for posting formulas in non-LaTeX-friendly systems (like Slack) |
| Italicize (unicode) | \\textit |
Are you kidding me? |
𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆? |
Uses unicode, so may display wonky in some systems |
| Remove line-feeds | \\non |
Hello\nworld! |
Hello world! |
Good for sanitizing your clipboard before pasting into a terminal |
| Symbol | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| → | \rarrow |
| ← | \larrow |
| ↑ | \uarrow |
| ↓ | \darrow |
| ⟷ | \lrarrow |
| Symbol | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| — | \-- |
| — | \mdash |
| — | \emdash |
| – | \ndash |
| – | \endash |
| [Non-breaking Space] | \nbsp |
| [Zero-width Space] | \zwsp |
| • | \bul |
| ✓ | \check |
| [Tab] | \tabsp |
| Symbol | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| × | \times |
| ⊂ | \subset |
| μ | \mu |
| ± | \pm |
| ∫ | \int |
| ∞ | \inf |
| ∑ | \sum |
| ϴ | \Theta |
| ∈ | \setin |
| ∆ | \Delta |
| º | \deg |
| ∩ | \cap |
| ∪ | \cup |
| ≤ | \leq |
| ≥ | \geq |
| β | \beta |
| ≈ | \approx |
| Ξ | E-| |
| ∀ | \forall |
| Symbol | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| ① | \(1) |
| ② | \(2) |
| ③ | \(3) |
| ④ | \(4) |
Mnemonic: All pinyin vowels (including ü) are supported. Type the vowel, and then type the vertical bar (|) and while holding shift, press the tone (1,2,3,4). In other words, to type ú, type u and then |@ (because @ is Shift+2, for 2nd-tone). To type ü vowels, use u: in place of the vowel. For example, ǘ is u|:@.
| Symbol | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| ā | a|! |
| á | a|@ |
| ǎ | a|# |
| à | a|$ |
| etc. |