Create your first snippet
Start with a short acknowledgement, save it with a memorable alias, and test it before using it in a real conversation.
Create Arabic text shortcuts without losing the details
Save an Arabic reply, assign a literal shortcut and test Arabic–Latin text in the real practice editor. The reply language can differ from the interface language.
Choose the reply and the keyboard layout
Use a short Arabic reply such as the example below. Choose ;ar-thanks if you prefer Latin aliases, or ;شكرا if you normally type in Arabic. The leading character is the ASCII semicolon ;, not the Arabic punctuation mark ؛.
Aliases are literal. A change in letters, case or diacritics can stop a match. Pick one spelling and test it with the keyboard layout you actually use. Search is a useful fallback when changing layouts would be awkward.
مرحباً Samira، وصلني ملخص مشروع Cedar. سأراجع التفاصيل وأعود إليك بالرد.
Save and test in the Arabic interface
The capture shows the real Arabic library with synthetic multilingual snippets. It is not a translated overlay.
- In the Arabic library, choose مقتطف جديد (New snippet).
- Enter a descriptive title and put ;ar-thanks in الاختصارات والأسماء البديلة (Shortcuts and aliases).
- Paste the Arabic reply into نص عادي (Plain text), then choose حفظ المقتطف (Save snippet).
- Open المساعدة والتدريب (Help & practice), expand اختبار اختصار محفوظ (Test a saved shortcut), type the alias and press Space.
Check mixed-direction output
Read the sentence, the Latin name and any number or URL separately. Put long links on their own line when that makes the message easier to read. Do not reverse a Latin name to make it look right.
The destination editor controls much of its paragraph direction. Compare the practice result with a harmless draft in the intended editor. If expansion fails there, check access and use Copy when needed. A practice test does not verify Gmail or Outlook.
مرجع المشروع: Cedar-2026 النسخة: 0.2.0
Turn repeated names into fields
After the plain reply works, replace the name and project in the visual editor with real fields. Preview using both سميرة and Samira. Check the Arabic comma and spacing around the inserted answer.
For a mixed-language library, use descriptive titles and an Arabic tag. Do not create duplicate replies just to give the same content another alias.
