Comment by lamg
I think the problem Espanso is trying to solve should be addressed by GUI toolkits, like GTK, QT, etc. Otherwise, living with an authorized keylogger in our system in order to introduce unicode characters seems overkill.
I think the problem Espanso is trying to solve should be addressed by GUI toolkits, like GTK, QT, etc. Otherwise, living with an authorized keylogger in our system in order to introduce unicode characters seems overkill.
Yeah, I don't have my KDE setup in front of me right now, but I feel like there is something in the keyboard settings that could emulate at least a subset of Epsanso's features. I know on macOS/iOS there is text replacements which are a simple replacement mechanism, without the ability to insert variables.
I agree, though, seems like a ripe piece of low-hanging fruit that could be better integrated and safer. Even if the lower level stuff just hands it off to a dedicated tool that handles the replacement text, at least the OS/WM should be the one watching the keys.