Escape Text

escape

By Dickson Law

Common character escapes (backslashing, JSON, XML, URL-encoding, regex)

json

xml

backslash

url encoding

x-www-form-urlencoded

escape

Paste this command in a terminal to install the package

espanso install escape

Description

Source

Escape Text

A simple Espanso package for encoding and decoding various common escape formats in programming (JSON, XML, URL-encoding, regular expressions)

Requirements

Python 3.x
Espanso 2.x or higher

Installation

espanso install escape

Usage

Encoding

All encoding triggers start with

>>

Trigger

Conversion

>>json

Text -> JSON/backslash

>>xml

Text -> XML

>>url

Text -> URL encoding

>>regex

Text -> Regular expression literal

Decoding

All decoding triggers start with

<<

Trigger

Conversion

<<json

JSON/backslash -> Text

<<xml

XML -> Text

<<url

URL encoding -> Text

package.yml

global_vars:
  - name: escape_python
    type: echo
    params:
      echo: "python" # Replace this with the path to your Python instance if automatic detection is failing

matches:
  - triggers: [">>json", ">>\\"]
    replace: "{{stdout}}"
    vars:
      - name: "f"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: "JSON/backslash escape\n\nText:\n[[text]]"
          fields:
            text:
              multiline: true
      - name: stdout
        type: script
        params:
          trim: false
          args:
            - "{{escape_python}}"
            - "%CONFIG%/match/packages/escape/jsonescape.py"
            - "{{f.text}}"
  - triggers: ["<<json", "<<\\"]
    replace: "{{stdout}}"
    vars:
      - name: "f"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: "JSON/backslash un-escape\n\nText:\n[[text]]"
          fields:
            text:
              multiline: true
      - name: stdout
        type: script
        params:
          trim: false
          args:
            - "{{escape_python}}"
            - "%CONFIG%/match/packages/escape/jsonunescape.py"
            - "{{f.text}}"
  - trigger: ">>xml"
    replace: "{{stdout}}"
    vars:
      - name: "f"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: "XML escape\n\nText:\n[[text]]"
          fields:
            text:
              multiline: true
      - name: stdout
        type: script
        params:
          trim: false
          args:
            - "{{escape_python}}"
            - "%CONFIG%/match/packages/escape/xmlescape.py"
            - "{{f.text}}"
  - trigger: "<<xml"
    replace: "{{stdout}}"
    vars:
      - name: "f"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: "XML un-escape\n\nText:\n[[text]]"
          fields:
            text:
              multiline: true
      - name: stdout
        type: script
        params:
          trim: false
          args:
            - "{{escape_python}}"
            - "%CONFIG%/match/packages/escape/xmlunescape.py"
            - "{{f.text}}"
  - trigger: ">>url"
    replace: "{{stdout}}"
    vars:
      - name: "f"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: "URL encode\n\nText:\n[[text]]"
          fields:
            text:
              multiline: true
      - name: stdout
        type: script
        params:
          trim: false
          args:
            - "{{escape_python}}"
            - "%CONFIG%/match/packages/escape/urlescape.py"
            - "{{f.text}}"
  - trigger: "<<url"
    replace: "{{stdout}}"
    vars:

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