Sets

Sets group abbreviations and regular-expression rules in Espanso’s configuration. The sidebar shows each set’s enabled state and item count; it also marks duplicate triggers and files that cannot be read.

Create and organize sets

Choose New Abbreviation Set from the sidebar’s + menu and give the set a name. Use the checkbox beside a set to turn it on or off. You can reorder sets within a sidebar section by dragging them. Drag an item onto another set to move it; hold Option while dragging to copy it instead.

Use a set’s context menu to rename, duplicate, reveal, open in an external editor, export, or delete it. Renaming the display name and renaming its file are separate choices; Abbrio’s Settings can control how that file-name question is handled. Deleting a set asks for confirmation and moves its file to the Trash.

Configure Set Info

Open Set Info from the sidebar footer or a set’s context menu. It includes the set’s name, prefix and suffix, defaults for new items’ Case and Expand options, what counts in statistics, whether the set appears in Quick Search, global variables, and notes.

Some Set Info fields change Espanso configuration; others are Abbrio-only metadata. Abbrio stores its per-set metadata in .abbrio/metadata.json beside the configuration and manages that file itself. A prefix or suffix change can update triggers in the set, so review the confirmation and any items Abbrio cannot safely rewrite before proceeding.

Backups and recovery

Before a supported configuration write, Abbrio keeps a numbered backup under .abbrio/backups/; the editor retains the latest 20 for each file. Set metadata is stored separately from Espanso’s match files. Keep the .abbrio folder with your configuration when making your own backups, and do not edit or remove its metadata file by hand unless you are intentionally recovering application-only settings.