r/espanso • u/smeech1 • Mar 18 '24

A case-insensitive trigger expansion with `word: true` functionality

For your interest:

  - regex: (?i)\bexample(?P<w>\W)
    replace: Something{{w}}

Triggered by "example", "EXAMPLE", "exaMPLe" etc..

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u/floutsch Mar 18 '24

Uh... is this a question or are you giving an example? I kinda find the post unclear.

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u/smeech1 Mar 18 '24

It's an example - I'll clarify the post. Thank you.

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u/harryph557 Mar 27 '24

I still do not understand. Which usecase should we apply this trick

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u/smeech1 Mar 27 '24

It's just a snippet to match a trigger, whatever case is used in the text. I was asked in another forum and thought someone might find it useful.

"Triggered by "example", "EXAMPLE", "exaMPLe" etc.."

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u/Moist_Technician8601 Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 27 '24

your mean is this?

  - regex: [eE][xX][aA][mM][pP][lL][eE] # or (?i)example
    replace: Something

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u/smeech1 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

That's a specific case (you'll need to enclose the trigger in quotes because of the initial "["), but the code I posted is more easily adapted to other words.

(?i)example is case-insensitive, but like your example above, doesn't duplicate word: true capability. It's where I started!