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Sep ’14 TextExpander all the Kaomoji

As trivial as it sounds, one of my favourite secret things in OS X is the quick emoji picker. In any text editor, ⌘⌃space will bring it up.

What makes it nicer than the iOS version, is that you can simply type to filter. It’s so convenient, you’ll be slinging email like a teen girl in no time! 🌺

But what about the humble kaomoji? On iOS, the custom keyboard I really want is the upcoming Kaomoji Keyboard, but there’s no equivalent on the mac.

\(°o°;)

Thankfully there’s TextExpander.

Instead of doing something productive, I created TextExpander snippets that allow me to insert kaomoji without having to copy paste them from elsewhere. So typing kmhappy or kmconfuse in any editor brings up a fill-in popup menu with matching kaomoji to choose from.

Here’s the snippets:

kmhappy:
%fillpopup:default=( ´ ▽ ` )ノ:\(^ ^)/ :ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ノ:(ノ*゜▽゜*) :ヽ(^。^)丿 :(◑‿◐):ლ(╹◡╹ლ):(ღ˘⌣˘ღ) ♫・*-.。. .。.-*・:(∩▂∩):ʘ‿ʘ%

kmaction:
%fillpopup:default=(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ :┬──┬◡ノ(° -°ノ) :(*・_・)ノ⌒*:八(^□^*):O( `_´)乂(`_´ )O:ヽ(^o^)ρ┳┻┳°σ(^o^)/ :(/_^)/    ● \(^_\) :=( ^o^)ノ ...…___o:(☞゚∀゚)☞%

kmsorry:
%fillpopup:m(._.)m:(ノ´д`):default=(シ_ _)シ :<(。_。)> :m(¬0¬)m%

kmhello:
%fillpopup:ヾ(^∇^):default=(^o^)/:☆ミ(o*・ω・)ノ:ヾ(@⌒ー⌒@)ノ:\(°o°;):ヽ(๏∀๏ )ノ%

kmsurprise:
%fillpopup:∑(O_O;):((((;゜Д゜))):default=(」゜ロ゜)」:(ノ゚0゚)ノ~:w(°o°)w:L(・o・)」%

kmwork:
%fillpopup:default=___ψ(‥ ):φ(◎◎ヘ):_φ( °-°)/:_φ(°-°=) :_〆(。。) %

kmconfuse:
%fillpopup:ヽ(゜Q。)ノ?:(◎_◎;):default=( ・◇・)?:٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶:(⊙_◎)%

kmlike:
%fillpopup:(〃・・〃):(o⌒.⌒o) :(。♥‿♥。):(´ ▽`).。o♡%

It’s obviously not ideal, but it’ll do the job when you’re in the zone and just gotta have the perfect kaomoji. Because that’s a thing that happens.

_φ( °-°)/

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