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On the Mac, a utility like TextExpander is great because it lets you expand abbreviations out and fill in variables along the way.

by dangoor 11y ago

steveklabnik 11y ago
Yeah, but I don't have a Mac, and even so, I look at GitHub from a lot of places, including my phone.
- dangoor 11y ago
  That's certainly reasonable. There are likely similar utilities for other platforms[1]. For people with Macs and iOS devices, TextExpander snippets can be synced across devices so that they're available everywhere. Saved Replies on GitHub is still a great feature, and I don't mean to imply otherwise. I'm just noting a more general solution to this problem. [1]: http://alternativeto.net/software/textexpander/ http://alternativeto.net/software/textexpander/
  - steveklabnik 11y ago
    Truth, and I do think that's useful to point out :) I use Linux and iOS, so I tend to be in a weird place for anything sync-ing, most people seem to assume Linux/Android or Mac OS/iOS.
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- BHSPitMonkey 11y ago
  GitHub hasn't implemented this feature (or any of the rich text editing ones) on the mobile version of their site. You'll have to force the desktop version and somewhat tediously navigate the menus to use this, though I suppose it's still an improvement over typing long messages.
  - steveklabnik 11y ago
    Ah, that doesn't surprise me. I can mostly get away without using the desktop version these days, mostly thanks to https://github.com/blog/1642-merge-pull-requests-from-your-phone https://github.com/blog/1642-merge-pull-requests-from-your-p... (note that image mockup...)
ronjouch 11y ago
Also, - On Windows there's https://autohotkey.com/ https://autohotkey.com/ - On Linux there's (unmaintained but still working) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoKey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoKey , EDIT seems this fork is maintained: https://github.com/guoci/autokey-py3 https://github.com/guoci/autokey-py3 , and it's on AUR as autokey-py3 (that doesn't remove anything to the utility of the GitHub feature, just mentioning these apps in case anyone is interested)

On the Mac, a utility like TextExpander is great because it lets you expand abbreviations out and fill in variables along the way.

by dangoor 11y ago

On the Mac, a utility like TextExpander is great because it lets you expand abbreviations out and fill in variables along the way.

steveklabnik 11y ago

Yeah, but I don't have a Mac, and even so, I look at GitHub from a lot of places, including my phone.

dangoor 11y ago
That's certainly reasonable. There are likely similar utilities for other platforms[1]. For people with Macs and iOS devices, TextExpander snippets can be synced across devices so that they're available everywhere. Saved Replies on GitHub is still a great feature, and I don't mean to imply otherwise. I'm just noting a more general solution to this problem. [1]: http://alternativeto.net/software/textexpander/ http://alternativeto.net/software/textexpander/
- steveklabnik 11y ago
  Truth, and I do think that's useful to point out :) I use Linux and iOS, so I tend to be in a weird place for anything sync-ing, most people seem to assume Linux/Android or Mac OS/iOS.
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
BHSPitMonkey 11y ago
GitHub hasn't implemented this feature (or any of the rich text editing ones) on the mobile version of their site. You'll have to force the desktop version and somewhat tediously navigate the menus to use this, though I suppose it's still an improvement over typing long messages.
- steveklabnik 11y ago
  Ah, that doesn't surprise me. I can mostly get away without using the desktop version these days, mostly thanks to https://github.com/blog/1642-merge-pull-requests-from-your-phone https://github.com/blog/1642-merge-pull-requests-from-your-p... (note that image mockup...)

ronjouch 11y ago

Also, - On Windows there's https://autohotkey.com/ https://autohotkey.com/ - On Linux there's (unmaintained but still working) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoKey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoKey , EDIT seems this fork is maintained: https://github.com/guoci/autokey-py3 https://github.com/guoci/autokey-py3 , and it's on AUR as autokey-py3 (that doesn't remove anything to the utility of the GitHub feature, just mentioning these apps in case anyone is interested)