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Re:Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it w... by tnorthcutt on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @02:00PM (#26017635)

Thanks for the replies!

One more question if you're up for it: does Espanso suffer from having secure input disabled?

I frequently see this with both aText and Alfred: "Secure input is enabled (by loginwindow)" (aText) & "loginwindow seems to be preventing text expansion by locking secure entry" (Alfred)... with no indication as to how to rectify the situation.

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Re:Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it w... by tnorthcutt on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @02:28PM (#26018006)

Ah nevermind, I see this when I run `espanso start`:

"WARNING: An application is currently using SecureInput and might prevent espanso from working correctly."

For anyone else who ends up here with the same problem: this blog post was helpful as it suggested that locking & unlocking my system might remove the lock on secureinput created by loginwindow: https://rakhesh.com/mac/macos-find-app-using-secure-input/

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Re:Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it w... by federicoterzi on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @05:12PM (#26019852)

Yes, unfortunately there is not much we can do about that, given that macOS does not give us much information :)

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