maccy: pinned items instead of private espanso snippets
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Problem statement: keep frequently accessed private snippets handy without maintaining a separate Espanso config.
Use Maccy pinned items instead. I already use it as my clipboard manager. For fixed text I need to paste often, a pinned entry is enough.
The workflow:
- Copy the snippet.
- Open Maccy and highlight its clipboard entry.
- Press
⌥Pto pin it.
The entry stays at the top of the list and gets a permanent keyboard shortcut.
Press ⌥P again to unpin it. Clearing unpinned history leaves pinned entries
in place.
In the previous post, I treated pins as temporary and text expansion as the next step for semi-permanent snippets. It turns out that distinction isn’t absolutely necessary. Frequently pasted text doesn’t always need a trigger or a YAML file.
Espanso still makes sense for typed triggers and dynamic replacements. For a few static snippets meant to be private (e.g. phone number), Maccy is enough. One fewer private config to maintain. ∎
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