ComposeKey by Jan Ouwens

What?

ComposeKey is a better way of typing. It's also an Alfred snippet bundle that simulates Linux's compose key.

Why?

I wrote a blog post about this which you can read here.

TL;DR: Entering special characters is a nuisance, even on macOS. To add an acute to a letter, you need Option+e; to add an umlaut you need Option+u. For œ, you somehow need Option+q. This is pretty hard to remember.

With ComposeKey, it's a lot easier. To get é, you simply type §'e. Ä is §"A and œ is §oe. Easy!

How?

• Download the latest release on the Downloads page.
• Open the ComposeKey.alfredsnippets file (e.g. by doubleclicking it).
• Uncheck Strip snippets of 'auto expand' flag.
• Check Automatically expand snippets by keyword, and click the little cogwheel next to it.
• Check Expand snippets mid-string.

What else?

If you want to report an issue, go to the GitHub issues page.
You can contact the author on Twitter: @jqno.

Copyright © 2017 by Jan Ouwens
This program is free software, released under the MIT license License. For more information, see the License document.