Shorthand or Autocomplete For Linux
 

Are there any programs out there that can complete this feature for me... Basically I want something that will allow me to begin typing something and it will Autoreplace it with whatever I want in just about any dialog box... Or java app typing box... So I could type /bowling and it would Replace that with an ASCII text of a Bowling wall... Kind of like ShortKeys or Shorthand For Windows from 2002... Any help would be great appreciated...

can you give us an example of "ASCII text of a Bowling wall" ??

Sorry I meant to say Bowling Ball... Just a type o.... But just since you asked...
Here is a basic of what I'm talking about...

You type /bowlingball And it will autoreplace something like...

.............._,oooo._
........_od8 8888888o.
.....,o888' ,8888888888L.
...,8888888888888888888b.
.d888"' `888" `88888888888.
,8888. ,888. ,88888888888b
]888888888888888888888888.
`88888888888888888888888P
..Y8888888888888888888888'
...Y88888888888888888888'
.....`88888888888888888P'
.......`Y888888888888P'
...........`"YPPPPP"'
Well something like that...

I see what you mean now, it had me confused. Found a solution?

If the program could access and run scripts (ie command line) then you could simply copy that into said script and prefix each line with

echo "

...and not forget the trailling quote at end of each line.