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Snippits

About

This is Ruby text expansion program – it will type text for you. It uses ‘snippits’, small text files with a simple syntax to determine what to type. However, snippits can be very powerful, since they can contain embedded Ruby, special keys (Control, Shift, Up, etc), and can contain a cursor placement instructions.

Install

Install by running: sudo gem install snippits

Screencast

Below is a demo of how snippits works…

Download AVI or OGG Theora (~7.4 MB).

­Requirements

  • eRB : ­sudo apt-get install ruby1.8 on Debian/Ubuntu-like
  • xte from the xautomation suite: sudo apt-get install xautomation on Debian/Ubuntu-like
  • ASpell and RASpell: sudo apt-get install aspell-en, and then: sudo gem install raspell (not required, but adds extra features)

Help

Check out the README.txt

More information

The RubyForge page for snippits has forums, support ticket tracking, and more. Take a look.

Mon, 10/22/2007 - 09:17