Comments on: Writing Posts The Easy Way With TextExpander

By: peter@blastec

peter@blastec — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:08:49 +0000

wow very good post, keep it up!

By: peter@blastec

peter@blastec — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:07:48 +0000

wow! nice post, good job.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:09:52 +0000

Windows users might also want to check out Breevy, an app that I actually wrote. v2.40 was released yesterday, and now Breevy can import your TextExpander (Mac) snippets, too.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:21:53 +0000

Did you change the snippet formatting to “Formatted Text?” It’s in Text Expander’s SysPrefs where you type in the snippet.

By: Scott Webb

Scott Webb — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:36:13 +0000

do you know how to use textexpander for your email signature?

I was trying to put in some clickable icons within my signature, but I couldn’t seem to create clickable links via snippit. Do you have to use 2 snippits to do something like this? Or maybe I’m just not in the right mode in my mac email.

By: Trevor Claiborne

Trevor Claiborne — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:59:49 +0000

I’ll second the recommendation for ActiveWords for Windows users. Beyond just expanding text it has plugins for fixing common misspellings. You can also set it up to automatically launch applications, complete repetitive tasks, and then some.

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:36:56 +0000

I’m a fan of lean HTML and I like the insight.

By: Farouk

Farouk — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:45:57 +0000

looks like a nice application but i dont have mac

By: Mike Korner

Mike Korner — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:03:13 +0000

Great information Charlie. Thank you!

FYI, for those of us still chained to Windows, ActiveWords is a good TextExpander-type application. It has literally saved me over a million keystrokes over the past three years (it has a report that shows the productivity savings). Even if you ignore the tons of time saved, think of the savings in wear and tear on your hands.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:40:38 +0000

Thanks, Brett. I actually have used it; that’s what I was referencing at the end of the post. I’ve also used ecto, MacJournal, and a few others.

Where I fall down is when it comes time for metadata – tags, categories, and keywords. I always ended up having to get back to the wordpress panel anyway, so the process of going from TextMate to [App] to WordPress actually introduced a step that didn’t increase my effectiveness.

I recognize that they really do work well for some people, but I prefer to learn how to rock a few core utilities/applications and Textmate kept winning on that front. (What ’til I show you the Textmate screencast. ;p)