Using Texter to speed up web design/development

Lifehacker’s Texter let’s you define short macros that allow you type a little, and get a lot back. I’ve not used this before, but am constantly finding myself typing the same bits over and over and over, so this is a very neat and helpful little tool.

Basically, you just define a command, then specify what that should expand to. The command %| inserts the cursor in that location after the replacement. A few macros that I’ve actually found myself using are:

All nice simple things that make a big difference through the day, particularly <> and the Get and Post ones!

Any more useful ideas for this tool?

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