Autohotkey make hotstrings trigger unconditionally - special-characters

Question

Because times to times, I need to translate text into different languages using special characters not present on the keyboard, like ı, ş, ñ, ğ.
I created a script with AutoHotKey, transforming the combination of ^ + ^ + s -> into ş, in the same way for the others characters.
The script is working fine, but only working if the character preceding the first ^ is a space or the first letter. For example, when typing ma^^n <- this will not transform my character, whereas ^^n <- will transform it.
Here is the script, I specify that I only learned this language when creating the script:
:*c:^^S::
SendUnicodeChar(0x015E)
Return
:*c:^^s::
SendUnicodeChar(0x015F)
Return
:*c:^^i::
SendUnicodeChar(0x131)
Return
:*c:^^I::
SendUnicodeChar(0x130)
Return
:*c:^^g::
SendUnicodeChar(0x011F)
Return
:*c:^^G::
SendUnicodeChar(0x011E)
Return
:*c:^^n::
SendUnicodeChar(0x00F1)
Return
:*c:^^N::
SendUnicodeChar(0x00D1)
Return
:*c:^^c::
SendUnicodeChar(0x00E7)
Return
:*c:^^C::
SendUnicodeChar(0x00C7)
Return
; Find the corresponding letter from the unicode
; and send the input back
SendUnicodeChar(charCode)
{
VarSetCapacity(ki, 28 * 2, 0)
EncodeInteger(&ki + 0, 1)
EncodeInteger(&ki + 6, charCode)
EncodeInteger(&ki + 8, 4)
EncodeInteger(&ki +28, 1)
EncodeInteger(&ki +34, charCode)
EncodeInteger(&ki +36, 4|2)
DllCall("SendInput", "UInt", 2, "UInt", &ki, "Int", 28)
}
EncodeInteger(ref, val)
{
DllCall("ntdll\RtlFillMemoryUlong", "Uint", ref, "Uint", 4, "Uint", val)
}

Answer 1

As per the AHK docs on hotstring options:
? (question mark): The hotstring will be triggered even when it is
inside another word; that is, when the character typed immediately
before it is alphanumeric. For example, if :?:al::airline is a
hotstring, typing "practical " would produce "practicairline ". Use ?0
to turn this option back off.
Consequentially, your hotstrings should look like this:
:?*c:^^S::
SendUnicodeChar(0x015E)
Return
You may also want to globally set the options, so that you won't have to apply them to every hotstring individually:
#Hotstring ?*c
::^^S::
SendUnicodeChar(0x015E)
Return
::^^s::
SendUnicodeChar(0x015F)
Return