Egretlist 1.6.1 is now available and supports TextExpander.  TextExpander is an iOS (iTunes Link) and Mac application that allows you to define mappings between short aliases and longer text.  You may define, for example:

“htycu” => “Hello, and thank you for contacting us,”

In a to-do app context, you can see things that you commonly do, and create mappings for them.  For example:

bbossmeet -> “Meet with the boss”

ssoccer -> “Soccer practice”

ttier1val -> “Execute tier 1 validations”

ccoffee -> “I am out of coffee! Buy!”

Also, you can create partial strings for things that may vary:

ppick: Pick up food at

mmeet: Meet with 

ttest: Complete test 

In apps that support Text Expander, typing these aliases “expands” them to the longer string.  In Egretlist, expansions work in the New and Edit To-do text fields and in the Attached Note field:

 

TextExpander is really good - and its usefulness grows the more you use it and identify the types of text that you repeat a lot.  The snippets that you define in it can also be used in other apps that support it, such as the official Twitter client.

Note: In iOS4, an app restart is needed for it to receive new mappings defined in TextExpander.  This will be fixed in the next update.

Additional Features

Another feature included in the update is better feedback to where to-dos are actually added or appended.  

Here is a rough idea of how it looks:

1. You are in “Collectibles” notebook, and want to add to “Food”, so you press the “Add in Notebook” button to choose the “Food” notebook…

 

2. You type your to-dos, press Save & Close, and a new message will tell you that you are changing to the “Food” notebook.  If you choose to append to a note within the Notebook, it will scroll to it and animate.

 

It is a small but satisfying and informative feedback.

Stay tuned for additional updates!

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