On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:46 PM Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:

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I am trying to intercept a program that I would specify so that I can do something like: if I write, on the specified program,

br + TAB

expand that to "Best regards".

I know about AutoKey

https://github.com/autokey/autokey

but I would like to create my own, since AutoKey is a bit buggy.

Thanks in advance,

One idea is to use ibus as your input method and install/enable "typing booster".

Typing booster allows you to create short cuts as you wish. Then, when using a specific program just switch to typing booster.

Thanks, Ed. It seems that ibus-typing-booster is exactly what I am looking for. However, I cannot put it working on my machine.

I run

ibus-setup

and go to Preferences and add the

Other -Typing booster

input method, but, when I open gedit and write something, no suggestions are presented to me as was supposed. It appears that "Typing booster" is being ignored.

Any ideas? I am running F33 and XFCE.

Paul

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 2:12 PM Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:

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Thanks, Ed. It seems that ibus-typing-booster is exactly what I am looking for. However, I cannot put it working on my machine.

I run

ibus-setup

and go to Preferences and add the

Other -Typing booster

input method, but, when I open gedit and write something, no suggestions are presented to me as was supposed. It appears that "Typing booster" is being ignored.

Any ideas? I am running F33 and XFCE.

Before using ibus you must first run "im-chooser" to select ibus as your input method. After selection, you'll need to logout/login.

With the default preferences you will have a EN (assuming English is your primary language) on the System Tray.

Thanks a lot, Ed! I did not have

im-chooser

installed. After having installed that, I did as you suggested, and now "ibus-typing-booster" is working perfectly!

Paulo

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 10:27 PM Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:

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Thanks a lot, Ed! I did not have

im-chooser

installed. After having installed that, I did as you suggested, and now "ibus-typing-booster" is working perfectly!

Happy to hear it is working well for you.

I apologize for not mentioning im-chooser in my initial response. My only excuse is that I hadn't had my coffee yet.

No apology needed, Ed! You have already helped me a lot through time!

Paul