My Favorite Typinator Macros

I used to use TextExpander for text expansion/macros and use Typinator now. I don’t remember why I switched (I think it was vaguely associated with performance) but I’m happy with Typinator now. I use this utility a lot, probably more than a hundre…


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I used to use TextExpander for text expansion/macros and use Typinator now. I don’t remember why I switched (I think it was vaguely associated with performance) but I’m happy with Typinator now. I use this utility a lot, probably more than a hundred times per day.

Here is an example of what it looks like:

And here is a small sampling of my favorite macros:

Name Abbreviation Expansion
Numero ;no №
Ratios ;ratio ∶∶∶∶
Ellipsis ;sis …
Zero Width Space ;zerow ​
Feet ;feet ′
Inches ;inch ″
My email address ;ema zach@zachleat.com
Shrug face ;? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Troll ;troll ಠ_ಠ

It really gets fancy when Typinator can do user prompts (with default values) and math based on those values. For example, I use a macro that will automatically calculate an em value based on a supplied parent size (and output a comment documenting the math).

em Units #

Abbreviation: ;ems expands to:

{{size=?Size}}{{parentsize=?Parent Size<16>}}{{#size/parentsize}}em; /* {{#size}}px /{{#parentsize}} */

Sample Output:

2em; /* 32px /16 */

em Media Query #

Abbrevation: ;emq expands to:

@media (min-width: {{size=?Size}}{{#size/16}}em) {. /* {{#size}}px */
{^}
.}

Sample Output:

@media (min-width: 48em) { /* 768px */

}

html page #

Abbrevation: ;html expands to:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <title></title>
    </head>
    <body>
        {^}
    </body>
</html>

{^} controls where your cursor goes.

console.log #

Abbreviation: ;log expands to:

console.log( {^} );

I totally use proper debugging tools and unit tests and barely use this one I swear.


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