texpandr

Function

Texpandr is a simple text expander for Linux. It is sort of like Autokey, except it works off of text files that you put in you ~/.texpandr directory. Texpandr is a bash script that uses xclip, xdotool and zenity to let you select an abbreviation for something and it expands to whatever you have in the matching text file.

Requirements

xdotool
xclip
zenity

Installation

Download the latest version from https://github.com/yafp/texpandr/archive/master.zip
Extract the archive
Copy texpandr.sh to your desired location
Define a shortcut to trigger/execute texpandr.sh
Create an abbreviation directory .texpandr in your HOME directory

Usage

The text expansion files reside in your ~/.texpandr directory. Name the files in the format of abbreviation.txt where abbreviation is the thing you want to select from the list and the content of the file is what you want to have pasted at your current cursor position.

To use Texpandr:

Start writing in a random application
Put your cursor where you want your abbreviation to be pasted
Type keyboard shortcut you set up
A zenity window will appear showing a list of your abbreviations
Select an abbreviation and hit Enter (or click "OK")
The contents of ~/.texpandr/SELECTED-ABBREVIATION.txt is pasted into your document

Credit

Texpandr is heavily inspired by Texpander (https://github.com/leehblue/texpander)