Comments on: Clever TextExpander clipboard snippet trick http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/#comment-107117 Dan Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:55:07 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/#comment-107117 you don't even need the whole %clipboard phrase. You can go into TE's prefs and make any abbreviation you want work as the clipboard variable. I prefer a shorter one (I use "xcb" - all my textexpander abbreviations stick to the alphabetic keyboard, lower case - it reduces the number of keystrokes needed to get the expansion going. Another hint: it isn't the smartest idea to auto-expand things like your credit card numbers - but if you must, simply break them into two different abbreviations, one using the first six numbers and the other using the last ten, or something like that. You'll at least get a measure of security. you don’t even need the whole %clipboard phrase. You can go into TE’s prefs and make any abbreviation you want work as the clipboard variable. I prefer a shorter one (I use “xcb” - all my textexpander abbreviations stick to the alphabetic keyboard, lower case - it reduces the number of keystrokes needed to get the expansion going.

Another hint: it isn’t the smartest idea to auto-expand things like your credit card numbers - but if you must, simply break them into two different abbreviations, one using the first six numbers and the other using the last ten, or something like that. You’ll at least get a measure of security.

]]> By: Roquentin http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/#comment-96901 Roquentin Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:16:01 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/#comment-96901 I love TextExpander (used it for a long time), but I recently switched to TypeIt4Me, which offers a virtually identical feature set (main difference is the UI, which is both better and worse in some ways), including the same clipboard functionality you describe, but it also allows you to trigger AppleScripts with abbreviations, which is very, very nifty indeed. I love TextExpander (used it for a long time), but I recently switched to TypeIt4Me, which offers a virtually identical feature set (main difference is the UI, which is both better and worse in some ways), including the same clipboard functionality you describe, but it also allows you to trigger AppleScripts with abbreviations, which is very, very nifty indeed.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/#comment-96896 Jordan Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:07:45 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/clever-textexpander-clipboard-snippet-trick/#comment-96896 For thunderbird, there's Quicktext which allows for similar functions: http://extensions.hesslow.se/extension/4/Quicktext/ With that, you'd simply use the [[CLIPBOARD]] variable. For thunderbird, there’s Quicktext which allows for similar functions:

http://extensions.hesslow.se/extension/4/Quicktext/

With that, you’d simply use the [[CLIPBOARD]] variable.

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