I used to use the compose key lot, currently I really like Espanso. It does arbitrary text replacement, has some pretty fancy features, but is also quite useful

I used to use the compose key lot, currently I really like Espanso. It does arbitrary text replacement, has some pretty fancy features, but is also quite useful for turning \alpha or :laughing: into the symbols I want. https://espanso.org/ https://espanso.org/