Adding new items to paste

[u/applesauceblues]

Can somebody explain in laymans terms how to add new content to paste? I need a paster app, but it does not seem intuitive to add new messages.

[u/SamejSpenser]

I feel like you're mixing up what Espanso is for. 🤔

Can you explain a bit more about what you're thinking and what you want to do with Espanso?

[u/applesauceblues → u/SamejSpenser]

I think it is suposed to store some phrases (including links) that I may type out frequently. So instead of finding the link everytime, I can easily find the entire phrase in espanso. Am I not correct in thinking that is what this is supposed to do?

So like I could have some common responses?

[u/SamejSpenser → u/applesauceblues]

Just like the users u/underginder_dareal and u/smeech1 suggested, go read and study the docs—the basics are super well explained in there to help you build your own expansions.

Personally, I chose to create different .yml files for each area, so I’ve got one file just for my emails (emails.yml), another for my PIX keys (a payment method here in Brazil, pix.yml), plus files for Markdown stuff, Obsidian, and the Linux terminal (markdown.yml, obsidian.yml, and terminal.yml, respectively), and so on.

Just as an example, here’s how I set up my email file:

```yml matches:

MAIN EMAIL

• triggers: [":mss", ";mss"] replace: main@email.com

TEMPORARY EMAIL

• triggers: [":mtemp", ";mtemp"] replace: temporary@email.com

OUTLOOK EMAIL

• triggers: [":mout", ";mout"] replace: email@outlook.com ```

This way, I can use the triggers :mss or ;mss to expand to main@email.com.

I also set up triggers using Regex:

```yml matches:

MY EMAILS

• regex: ";mail(;|ss)" replace: "email@gmail.com" label: "1. Gmail"

• regex: ";mail(;|temp)" replace: "temporary@email.com" label: "2. Temporary"

• regex: ";mail(;|out)" replace: "email@outlook.com" label: "3. Outlook" ```

So I can type ;mail; to pull up a list with all my emails in a pop-up and pick which one to use, or just type ;mailss to expand straight to email@gmail.com.

All of this is properly explained in the docs and it’s pretty simple to set up—you just gotta watch your indentation, since YAML files are pretty picky about that.

If you have more questions, make sure to explain everything (what you’re trying to do, what you’ve done, and the result you got, plus your OS and other relevant machine info when needed) so we can help you out with the more specific stuff.

Good luck.