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by majkinetor 402 days ago
Autohotkey is go to on Windows for stuff like this, and its called hotstrings [1]. Hotstrings are much more powerfull. Trigger can for example run arbitrary function. AFAIK on linux, you can run it using wine.

[1] https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/Hotstrings.htm
1 comments
nixpulvis 402 days ago
IIUC they can also run arbitrary scripts with Espanso.
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majkinetor 402 days ago
Arbitrary scripts, yes. AHK has a dedicated language which has a lot of hotkey stuff in it (hence the name). Other types of scripts are incomparable.
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