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This questions was already asked here 7 months, but had no correct answer. So I would like to ask again: Is there an alternative to AutoKey, which executes text expansions, when specific abbreviations are typed? My problem is that AutoKey skips randomly letters when I use this function in Thunderbird, while it always works fine in a text editor. This problem occurs since Ubuntu 13.10.

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    possible duplicate of [Alternative to Autokey (text expander program)](http://askubuntu.com/questions/446794/alternative-to-autokey-text-expander-program) – v010dya Nov 09 '14 at 20:56
  • @Volodya The question there wasn't answered correctly in 7 months, as I have mentioned it :-) – rapstacke Nov 10 '14 at 09:41
  • But it doesn't make it not a duplicate. That question isn't closed, and if somebody wants to answer, they should do it there. – v010dya Nov 10 '14 at 09:43

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Snippy seems to work for me quite nicely. No GUI, but quite functional. Glad I finally found a replacement.

http://leon.vankammen.eu/tech/snippy-autocompletion-for-console-and-browser-window-manager-using-bash.html

The link also mentions another choice in the comments.

Snippy itself is available via a tinyurl and installation is as follows:

curl -L "http://tinyurl.com/o9d6ch5" > snippy.sh 
chmod 755 snippy.sh
./snippy.sh

Alternatively, there appears to be an enhanced version located here in github

Installation works the same.

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    Although your answer is 100% correct, it might also become 100% useless if that link is moved, changed, merged into another one or the main site just disappears... **:-(** Therefore, please [edit] your answer, and copy the relevant steps from the link into your answer, thereby guaranteeing your answer for 100% of the lifetime of this site! **;-)** You can always leave the link in at the bottom of your answer as a source for your material... – Fabby Jun 12 '15 at 20:26