md-formatting.yml

# Shortcuts for formatting text posts in markdown, bbcode, and HTML
# For use with Espanso, the open source cross-platform text expander
# Licensed under MIT X11, © Alicia Sykes 2022: https://aliciasykes.com

name: text-formatting 
package_author: Alicia Sykes <alicia@omg.lol>
parent: default
matches:

# Inserts a markdown code block
- trigger: :md-code
  replace: "```\n$|$\n```"
  
# Inserts markdown collapsable section
- trigger: :md-collapse
  replace: "\n<details>\n\t<summary>$|$</summary>\n\t<p></p>\n</details>"
    
# Outputs markdown link, with clipboard contents as the URL
- trigger: ":md-link"
  replace: "[$|$]({{clipboard}})"
  vars:
  - name: "clipboard"
    type: "clipboard"
    
# Creates a HTML anchor element, with clipboard contents as href
- trigger: ":html-link"
  replace: "<a href=\"{{clipboard}}\" />$|$</a>"
  vars:
  - name: "clipboard"
    type: "clipboard"

# Outputs BB Code link, with clipboard contents as the URL
- trigger: ":bb-link"
  replace: "[url={{clipboard}}]$|$[/url]"
  vars:
  - name: "clipboard"
    type: "clipboard"
        
# Auto close brackets, quotes and formatting modifiers, and put cursor in center
- trigger: ':(('
  replace: '($|$)'
- trigger: ':[['
  replace: '[$|$]'
- trigger: ':{{'
  replace: '{$|$}'
- trigger: ':<<'
  replace: '<$|$>'
- trigger: ':``'
  replace: '`$|$`'
- trigger: ":\''"
  replace: "\'$|$\'"
- trigger: ':""'
  replace: '"$|$"'
- trigger: ':__'
  replace: '_$|$_'
- trigger: ':**'
  replace: '*$|$*'