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Maybe overkill, but I installed Raycast for a quick shortcut to insert the Unicode arrow I often use in editors and terminal. Created a new snippet with the shortcut ";arrow" that renders "→". I'm curious about Raycast best practices. What shortcut formats do you use for this kind of thing? 🤔

30/6/25, 8:36 pm0 reposts0 likes

HiDeoo

@hideoo.dev

30 June 2025

Love Raycast but always found their snippets slow and limited compared to Espanso (also not configurable with a file backuped somewhere). If you want to take a look at all my triggers, you can find them here: github.com/HiDeoo/dotfi... They all follow the `'trigger` approach, e.g. `'r` for `→`.

github.comdotfiles/src/espanso/match at main · HiDeoo/dotfilesDotfiles collection to install & configure HiDeoo's macOS setup - HiDeoo/dotfiles

Julien Déramond

@deramond.dev

1 July 2025

I'll explore Raycast for other use cases, but Espanso handles this perfectly, especially with the ability to store the config in a dotfiles repo 🙌 As always, great recommendation!

Julien Déramond

@deramond.dev

1 July 2025

Oooh! Interesting! I'm going to try Espanso! Thanks @hideoo.dev!

Beau Simensen

@beausimensen.com

1 July 2025

I like your triggers! Might implement some of those. I'm using ";;" for my trigger instead of "'". Do you find the single quote ever conflicts with what you naturally type?

HiDeoo

@hideoo.dev

1 July 2025

I want to say never altho I guess it's because almost all my triggers are words triggers. If they were not, I assume something much more unlikely like your `;;` would be needed. espanso.org/docs/matches...

espanso.orgMatches Basics | EspansoMatches are one of the Espanso's core concepts and define the replacements that will take place.

Beau Simensen

@beausimensen.com

1 July 2025

Only recently discovered Espanso and it is lovely!