How to keep spaces at the end of AutoHotKey snippets? No matter how many I place in my ahk file, no spaces are present on execution.
Add {space} at the end of the command,
e.g.
Send myName{space}
Send abc{space 2} ; add 2 spaces after abc
Depends on your needs, but usually you can use the built-in variable %A_Space% for that.
Alternatively, you can add an escape after your space like this:
:*: ive :: I've `
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I'm just starting to learn to use Autohotkey, mostly for text expansion, ie when I type goo and it will become www.google.com. Problem is, in Windows, it always leaves a space in the end and that's annoying. What can I do to avoid that?
I tried added {bs} and {left 1} to the script but it moves the cursor before the last character eg www.google.com
The reason there is a space at the end is because you're pressing space to end your hotstring. If you use the O option, it will omit the ending character. Try this:
:O:goo::www.google.com
More information can be found here in the official help docs: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotstrings.htm
Found the answer myself! My original code syntax was like this...
::goo ::www.google.com
Doing so leaves a space in the end
I changed it to...
::goo ::
Send, www.google.com
return
Another option is to use :*:goo::www.google.com
The asterisk means that the hotstring will be activated without waiting for you to end the hotstring (though in this case, typing 'good' would pose a problem)
I need Autohotkey (AHK) to insert text, enclosed within brackets, into my text files. However, my AHK code results in erroneous text input depending on using the code on text files opened in Notepad3 or opened in Emacs. My use of brackets are obviously wrong relative to the AHK syntax.
My minimum working example:
::ttt::
; define variables
myString = abcdf
myFile = C:\Users\myUser\notes\myFile.tex
; write variables into current file
SendInput, <<%myString%>> {enter}
SendInput, [[%myFile%]]
return
The results I need should look like this:
<< abcde>>
[[C:\Users\myUser\notes\myFile.tex]]
Emacs When using this script on a text file opened with Emacs, the result looks like this:
<< abcde>>
[[C:\Users\myUser\notes\myFile.tex]]]
The first line written the way I need it, while the second line has got an extra "]" added in the end.
Notepad3 When using this script on a text file opened with Notepad3, the result looks like this:
<< abcde>>
[[C:\Users\myUser\notes\myFile.tex]]< /abcde>
The first line is written the way I need it, while the second line has got a variant of the first line added in the end, though with an "/" added.
How can I modify my code so the text input will look correct both in Notpad3 and in Emacs?
Is the space in << abcde>> necessary? The definition of your variable doesn't seem to reflect that.
Nonetheless, the issue likely stems from the fact that these keys are being inputted instead of sending the text directly. I find that it's usually best to send strings as text if you wish to avoid other hotkeys from potentially disturbing your output. Try this adjustment:
SendInput {text}<< %myString%>>
SendInput {enter}
SendInput {text}[[%myFile%]]
In my main Autohotkey script I have several hundred hotstrings like these:
::fe::for example
::f::and
::fi::for instance
::fo::fortunate
::foy::fortunately
::glo::global
::gloy::globally
::ha::have
::hv::however
Fairly often it would be convenient to trigger a hotstring manually (e.g. by pressing ALT-9) rather than pressing and end character. Is there a way to do this? I haven't found anything in my Googling, so maybe there isn't. But it would be useful.
I've read the hotstrings options e.g. :*: but this isn't the same - I want normal hotstring operation, but also the option to manually force them to trigger as needed.
Updated:
So what you are in fact looking for is using ALT+9 as an end character. I'm not sure but you can probably not use key-combinations for that (see hotstring doc). I cannot think of a really clever way of doing that right now. You might try something like
::fe::
Transform, CtrlC, Chr, 3 ; comes from ahk input documentation, I never really understood how this is supposed to work but I guess there is a code for alt 9 as well somehow
input, key, L1 I M ; wait for the next 1 key
if(key==CtrlC)
sendraw forExample
return
Old answer:
You have to outsource the hotstring body:
::fe::gosub forExample
forExample:
send for example
return
, then you can define a hotkey somewhere:
!9::gosub forExample
If you want to be cool, use functions instead of subroutines.
Note:
::fe::something
is just a short form for
::fe::
send something
return
::fe::for example
::f::and
::fi::for instance
::fo::fortunate
::foy::fortunately
::glo::global
::gloy::globally
::ha::have
::hv::however
!8:: trigger_hotstring("fi")
!9:: trigger_hotstring("ha")
trigger_hotstring(hotstring){
Loop, Read, %A_ScriptFullPath%
{
If InStr(A_LoopReadLine, "::"hotstring "::")
{
SendInput, % StrSplit(A_LoopReadLine,"::"hotstring "::").2
break
}
}
}
If you use AutoHotkey v1.1.06+ you can use #InputLevel
::fe::for example
::f::and
; and so on
#InputLevel, 1 ; sending space will trigger hotstrings above this line
!F9::Send {space}
Edit:
I now see you want to omit the end char which needs a bit of extra work
One way would be to duplicate the hotstrings with additional options:
::fe::for example
:*O:fe_::for example ; duplicate the hotstrings like so
::f::and
::fi::for instance
::fo::fortunate
; and so on
#InputLevel, 1
!9::Send _
Another way would be to remove the endchar
::fe::for example
::f::and
::fi::for instance
::fo::fortunate
; and so on
#InputLevel, 1
!9::
Send {space}
Sleep 100 ; give it time to expand the hotstring, experiment with timing
Send {bs} ; now remove trailing space
Return
I generally use TAB as a trigger for all my hotstrings. like
:*:#pm ::mail1#protonmail.com
:*:#G ::mail2#gmail.com
:*:Btw ::By the way,{Left}
Note that the space that you see here is a tab and not a space. you can do this instead of doing Alt+9 to trigger your macro hotstring.
you can even use more than one Tab so you can be sure that you only trigger it when you really intend to.
Is there a way to include a space in the HotString and still have the space trigger the HotString replacement? For example:
::_u_::_you_ <--where the underscores are actually space chars
or
:*:_fo_r::_for_ <--where the underscores are actually space chars
so if I typed
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it would be changed to
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I'm looking for a way to define a phrase as the hotstring really.
Strange. I tried escaping with `s but that didn't work. The docs say two things:
To send an extra space or tab after a replacement, include the space or tab at the end of the replacement but make the last character an accent/backtick (`). For example:
:*:btw::By the way `
and
Spaces and tabs are treated literally within hotstring definitions. For example, the following would produce two different results: ::btw::by the way and ::btw:: by the way
So, I would think this should work:
:*: fo r:: for `
That works in notepad, but only if I try it at the start of a line. Mid-sentence it fails.
You may be forced to use one of the user-created dynamic regex hotstring libraries.
Using this library, this works:
#include Hotstring.ahk
Hotstring(" fo r", " for ")
edit:
I asked on the AHK forums, and the ? option should do it:
:*?: fo r:: for `
This will work.
:*: fo r::
SetKeyDelay, -1
Send for{space}
return
I'm trying to make something for our employees to use so that they dont have to alter the script itself to define hotkeys. This may only work for hotkeys which can be defined by a single character, but that's fine, as there are so many combinations that can be made with them, and they can be very easy to remember. The script would look only at 2 character AHK files (or 6 if you must include the extension) in the working directory. And the variables it would search for could be defined with RegEx so for the first hotkey, it would look like ^. and then second would look like .(?=.) Once a match is found, it would simply launch that matched file. Has something like this been done before? It seems so simple but I can't seem to find anything on it.
Edit: Elliot brought this to my attention: http://autohotkey.com/board/topic/60630-easy-editmanage-hotkeyshotstrings-plugin-ahk-l/
It's a neat script manager, and very useful, but it's not what I'm looking for.
I dont not want an additional interface. I want to be able to change the hotkeys by using the filename.
Based on the answer of Forvin. Added the execution of the corresponding ahk script.
#Persistent
SetTimer, FindNewHotkeys, 2000
FindNewHotkeys:
Loop, %A_ScriptDir%\*
{
RegExMatch(A_LoopFileName, "^(.)(.).ahk$", hk)
If (hk)
{
Hotkey, ~%hk1% & ~%hk2%, HotkeyLabel
}
}
Return
HotkeyLabel:
RegExMatch(A_ThisHotkey, "~(.) & ~(.)", hk)
run, %hk1%%hk2%.ahk
Return
#Persistent
SetTimer, FindNewHotkeys, 2000
FindNewHotkeys:
Loop, %A_ScriptDir%\*
{
RegExMatch(A_LoopFileName, "^(.)(.).ahk$", hk)
If (hk)
Hotkey, ~%hk1% & ~%hk2%, HotkeyLabel
}
Return
HotkeyLabel:
MsgBox, A hotkey has been pressed!
Return