easiest autohotkey text-expansion using textfiles for windows

README.md

Install

• install autohotkey
• put this script in a folder with a bunch of textfiles
• add a shortcut to the .ahk-file to the startup-folder

profit!

textexpand.ahk

; typing 'foo ' will expand foo.txt
; typing '/bar' will expand _bar.txt

SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

Loop *.txt
{
  tag:= "::" + StrReplace(A_LoopFileName, ".txt")
  tag:= StrReplace(tag,"_","`/")
  FileRead, txt,  %A_LoopFileName%
  HotString(tag,"{Raw}"+txt)
}