[Karen wrote]
That would allow you to type "--;zx;" and get the behavior you want with just one extra keystroke. It would also work for lines beginning with a dash, because you might also want to start the line with a short that needs to expand. In fact, now I just realized I should have added that to my kk/qq and aa shortcuts for your scenario, so I'm going to update that as well as soon as I post this new message.
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