Textexpander 1.4: Flexible delimiters, old logo
TextExpander, formerly known as Textpander and my third favourite time-saving app in Mail.app and elsewhere, has been updated.
The new version includes an option to use the old Textpander menubar icon, which according to the release notes has “quite a few vocal fans”.
User-definable delimiters (the keystroke which triggers the expansion) help you to simplify your workflow:
For example, I currently use spacebar for TextExpander expansions and the tab key for TextMate snippets. I could now change the TextExpander delimiter so that my “muscle memory” only has to remember one key for all expansions.
TextExpander 1.4 also offers better importing of snippet lists and the ability to sort snippets by the date they were created or last modified.
TextExpander is shareware (USD 29.95) is available from the developer’s web site 
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August 16th, 2006 at 11:07 am
But is it worth $30 given that an older version is free and donation ware?
August 16th, 2006 at 11:48 am
Are you still able to get hold of the old version? Where?
August 16th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
No. The donationware version is no longer available. Please note: I just want to make clear that I am NOT whining about Textpander going commercial. I am just wondering if someone can compare the commercial version to the previous donationware version.
August 16th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
I didn’t see that info in the distribution or on the web site, but here’s a revision history starting with the first commercial version from the “What’s new in this version” product info on VersionTracker:
[1.3]
• Nest snippets by referring to other snippets via “%snippet:[abbreviation]%” …
• You can now create snippets directly from selected text by means of the TextExpander Service.
• TextExpander’s preference pane can now be resized vertically.
• Fixed a bug where TextExpander did not insert snippets correctly while a hybrid keyboard layout (e.g., Dvorak Querty) was active.
[1.3.1]
• Dramatically improved performance for large snippet libraries
• Option to insert snippets using cross-platform compatible image format (PNG)
• Fixed crashing bug when using date / time in formatted text
[1.4]
• User-specified delimiters (“Set Delimiters…†button in Preferences tab)
• Import comma- and tab-delimited text, RTF, and RTFD files
• Choose TextExpander or Textpander style menu bar icon in Preferences
• Sort snippets by date created (helps when locating import groups)
• Sort snippets by date modified (helps when tracking recent changes)
• Mac OS X 10.4 required
August 16th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Me, from my download archive. :-)
I save downloads of most distributions for software I currently use, have used, or may possibly use. It’s convenient not downloading again if/when I (re)install it.
August 18th, 2006 at 12:27 am
It’s absolutely stark raving insane and simply Halliburton-level greedy for SmileOnMyMac to take a formerly donationware product and decide to start charging users $30 for it. I’m thinking that the first word of the company’s name — SmileOnMyMac — should instead be renamed for another bodily process that even begins with the same first letter. It’d be a more apt description of their pricing strategy and the disrespect it shows to the Mac community.