Alternate keyboard; missing key, TE-library useless?

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Hi all,

I have a problem since I am using TE on a new, tiny 14” MacBookPro.

The keyboard doesnt have a key for “§” (the paragraphe mark?).

Not a big thing, but actually a really big set of my snippets have abbrevations starting with this particular character. I don’t want to re-edit my snippet library, I just want to use an other, suitable keyboard key to use the set that I am using for years now.

But is this possible? Is there a way to make my snippets accessible without a massive re-edit of the snippets?

Hope that some of have some good suggestions!

kind regards,

Mars

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Hi Mars! I am not sure I have an answer and as a bit of layperson when it comes to the really cool stuff one can do with TE, I may be entirely on the wrong track, but have you tried creating a keyboard shortcut to replace the paragraph symbol? By way of example, when I was using a mac I always used a 3-key shortcut to access the paragraph and section symbols, as well as pi and delta, since I use them constantly in my work. Then you could use your shortcut to type out your snippets?

Or else maybe you can remove the “only expand when there is a space before the snippet” rule and then create a snippet for the paragraph symbol, then type the rest of your snippet? Not sure that would work…

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Hey @MarsAussendorf, I have an idea to bulk change these, but I’m checking with Support to see if we have a better option. How many Snippets do you need to change?

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Hey @MarsAussendorf, if you’d like to keep the § symbol, you can do this: Press Option+6 to insert that symbol, then type the rest of your abbreviation. It will expand. Let me know if that doesn’t solve your issue.

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Hi Josh, you are absolutely right. It solves the issue, and is probably the best approach for now. It is not what I have hoped for; because its getting some out of my routines.. But it works…

Thanks!

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