sindresorhus/caprine

MacOS Text shortcut support

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#325 opened on Nov 11, 2017

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Description

Dear developer,

Thank you for creating such a useful app compatible to Messenger on Mac OS. It'd be much better if you can support 'Text shortcut' on the next update.

Best regards!

Quang

Caprine 2.7.1 Electron 1.6.7 darwin x64 17.2.0

Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescriptelectron
Domain
desktop
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
ElectronmacOS developmentTypeScript
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
This issue requests support for macOS text shortcuts (system level text replacements) in the Caprine Electron app. Since the issue is old and has no clear implementation direction, the contributor should first investigate how Electron apps can integrate with macOS text replacement services. This likely involves using a native Node.js module or inter process communication to call macOS APIs. The contributor could look into similar open source Electron apps that implement this feature, or explore the `NSTextView` and `NSTextField` delegate methods in macOS. No linked PRs or comments provide additional guidance.