UI form for adding snippets to espanso

addSnippet.py

import os
import sys
"""
Add {cb} anywhere inside the replacement to make it replaced with the contents
of the clipboard.
"""
transMap = str.maketrans({
"\n": '\\n',
"\\": '\\\\',
"\"": '\\"',
})

trigger = os.environ['ESPANSO_FORM1_TRIGGER'].translate(transMap)
replace = os.environ['ESPANSO_FORM1_REPLACE'].translate(transMap)
espansoConfigPath = sys.argv[1:][0]
variables = ''
if "'{{cb}}'" in replace:
    variables = '    vars:\n      - name: "cb"\n        type: "clipboard"\n'

snippet = f"""
  - trigger: "{trigger}"
    replace: "{replace}"
{variables}
"""

with open(f"{espansoConfigPath}/match/base.yml", "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.write(snippet)

base.yml

  - trigger: ":::"
    replace: "{{output}}"
    vars:
      - name: folderNames
        type: shell
        params:
          cmd: "echo one"
      - name: form1
        type: form
        params:
          layout: |
            Please enter the espanso Triggerphrase, the desired Replacement:
            
            Trigger [[trigger]]
            Replace [[replace]]
          fields:
            replace:
              multiline: true
      - name: output
        type: script
        params:
          args:
            - /Users/bman/.pyenv/shims/python
            - "%CONFIG%/scripts/addSnippet.py"
            - "%CONFIG%"

Instructions

• Inside the espanso configurations path create a folder named scripts and add addSnippet.py to that folder. You can find the espanso config path by typing espanso path in the shell.
• Put the code from base.yml to the file base.yml in the match folder of your espanso configurations.
• Make sure to change the python path inside the base.yml to your python path.

Now each time you type three colons : consecutively an espanso form will appear to add a new snippet. Couple of notes about this espanso form:

• Add {cb} anywhere inside the replacement to make it replace with the contents of the clipboard.

Source

Based on a code shared on reddit.

Thanks for sharing. If it helps any other less tech-savvy Mac users adding this, the default path for Python is sometimes /usr/local/bin/python3

Thank you so much for sharing this.