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:
| Hotstring | Replacement |
| $g | $_GET['%|'] |
| $p | $_POST['$|'] |
| <> | <?= %| ?> |
| £ | £ |
| l” | “ |
| r” | ” |
| msre | mysql_real_escape_string(%|) |
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?
