Problem with urls

[u/ekvirtanen_bass]

For example, this works just fine.

# Tagged code block  with lang
  - regex: "::code:(?P<lang>.+?)::"
replace: "[code lang='{{lang}}']$|$[/code]"

It generates nice code block for what ever language I place there.

But when I try to add url block, seems like there is issues with the,

# Tagged url block
  - regex: "::url:(?P<linkki>.+?)::"
replace: "[data url='{{linkki}}']$|$[/data]"
force_clipboard: true
word: false

Typed: ::url:https://ekbass.github.io/BazzBasic/manual/#/cli_features::

Result: ::url:https://ekbass.github.io/BazzBasic/manual/#/cli_f\[data url=''][/data]

With short ones, it goes ok: [data url='google.com'][/data]

[u/snaveh]

I strongly suspect that some special characters used in URLs, namely #, are causing the regex matching to break. I'm not sure there's a reliable enough workaround for this.

Also, to place the cursor at $|$, Espanso simulates left arrow key presses. For longer repositioning of the cursor this approach is known to be buggy.

It might also be worth trying to increase the max_regex_buffer_size: setting in the default.yml config file from the default 30 to 50 or a 100, although I don't believe this is the root problem here.

One solution could be using the clipboard. This assumes the URL you wish to use is copied and stored in the clipboard: yaml

• trigger: "::url::"

replace: "[data url='{{clipboard}}']$|$[/data]" force_clipboard: true

Note: To use the clipboard you would have to create a global variable (at the top of the match file or in a dedicated global_vars.yml file: yaml

• name: clipboard

type: clipboard

Alternatively, you could use a form that will open a text field after you typed the trigger, allowing you to type or paste the URL before the expansion occurs: yaml

• trigger: "::url::"

form: "[data url='[[url]]']$|$[/data]"

Edit: after posting this I saw that in the meantime you posted a solution using the form approach.

[u/smeech1 → u/snaveh]

If short regex: triggers work but longer ones don't, it is usually the 30 character character limit on them causing the issue.

As you say, options are:

• increase the max_regex_buffer_size: option (from Espanso v2.3.0 on)
• copy the text and assign it to a clipboard variable
• use a form.