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I haven't used it much, but as I understand it macOS has a feature that lets you specify something to autocorrect. (e.g whenever I type << it is replaced with «) Is there a package that I can install to give a similar functionality to Ubuntu? There are several special characters that I often need to type & it's a pain to have to switch keyboard layouts or memorize the unicode for them. A more typical use may be to type 'pi' and 'π' to appear.

EDIT: to clarify, I want this to work in any application, not just a terminal.

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  • Welcome to Askubuntu! You mean, like bash-completion package? (sudo apt-get install bash-completion) ?
    – William Martens
    Oct 8, 2020 at 18:04
  • @WilliamMartens I don't think so, I need something that could automatically convert any sequence of characters into another. My boss uses macOS and even has a thing where if he types several abbreviations it expands it into a full phrase (e.g hru automatically converts to "how are you?", or something like that.
    – Kyle H
    Oct 9, 2020 at 0:08
  • Japanese Input method offers such conversions, at the same time you get Japanese words, too. When I type << <space> the 5 candidates appear ＜＜ << 《 ≪ «, when I type PAI then I get this π immediately. I don't know if this can be handy for you.
    – Sadaharu Wakisaka
    Oct 9, 2020 at 1:55
  • @SadaharuWakisaka Thanks! I may have to pass on that because I have gotten mostly accommodated to the US intl keyboard to type in Spanish & English. But that is sort of the functionality I'm looking for. It would also be really cool if there were user-defined replacements, like if I typed '//shrug' it would automatically replace it with "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
    – Kyle H
    Oct 9, 2020 at 2:12
  • @KyleH, yes we have these user defined dictionary to convert any phonic imput sudo apt install ibu-mozc that adds Japanese characters input on any keyboard you have. But you need to know how to set this. φ(..) taking notes
    – Sadaharu Wakisaka
    Oct 9, 2020 at 3:06

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Define a compose key. Then you should be able to do:

Compose followed by < followed by < => «

This page shows other combinations which are available out of the box.

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