FYI, this project is listed as "retired." It may no longer function or I may just not be updating it anymore.
The TextExpander groups below now use a custom prefix system which allows you to define your own prefix for the snippet abbreviations. Click the link next to a group to get a download or “Add from URL” link with your chosen prefix.
Use the URL by clicking the plus symbol under the Groups panel in TextExpander and choose “Add group from URL.” Paste your custom URL in the dialog that pops up. Set your update settings for the group as desired.
You can also download the .textexpander file directly and install it by double clicking (note that you won’t get automatic updates using this method).
See all of my various TextExpander experiments and snippets under the TextExpander tag.
Snippet titles include the date of the most recent change in light grey.
/Users/[YOUR USER NAME]/words/inputtext.txt (and another at ~/words/alice.txt, if you feel like it). It also requires the ruby gems raingrams (random text generation) and maruku (for HTML output), see here for more information.Speaking of TextExpander Tools…
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