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Another great project in a similar vein is Pulover's Macro Creator, combined with Autohotkey: http://www.macrocreator.com/ http://www.macrocreator.com/ http:/

Another great project in a similar vein is Pulover's Macro Creator, combined with Autohotkey: http://www.macrocreator.com/ http://www.macrocreator.com/ http://ahkscript.org/ http://ahkscript.org/ Sadly Windows only. It's one area where Windows has a leg up on Macs.

kawera 10y ago
Keyboard Maestro is a good option for Macs. Fake is another one but only for automated web browsing. I've been using both for years. http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/ http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/ http://fakeapp.com/ http://fakeapp.com/
- patrickk 10y ago
  Thanks for this!
hobs 10y ago
I am primarily a Windows user, but Automator blew me away when I first saw it a few years ago(mainly due to the OSX Applescript dictionaries? which it could access meant it had a lot of additional functionality.) A cursory glance at macrocreator doesn't really give me the impression of what it does better, do you have any additional insight?
- patrickk 10y ago
  Ease of use is a big one. I tried used Automator for simple tasks in the past, and it's got a complicated syntax and a steeper learning curve compared to AHK which meant I gave up. Look at the list of keyboard commands for an example of what I mean: https://autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm#Keyboard https://autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm#Keyboard Another example, this is a macro to jump to the end of a file name in windows explorer and append today's date, then jump to the next item in the list (F3 is the trigger): F3:: Macro1: Send, {Alt}{f}{m}{End} ; shortcut to rename, jump to end of filename SetKeyDelay, 0 SendRaw, _09-06-2016 ; this is what is sent Send, {Enter}{Down} ; jump to next file Return This is extremely readable and easy to understand. Perhaps it's possible to do pixel searches in Automator (click on certain buttons for example), but AHK + Pulover's Macro creator make this extremely easy - this is why I mentioned both, as these combined make a perfect drop-in replacement for Sikuli - and they're far more stable than Sikuli, which was quite unstable when I tried it at year or two ago.

kawera 10y ago

Keyboard Maestro is a good option for Macs. Fake is another one but only for automated web browsing. I've been using both for years. http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/ http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/ http://fakeapp.com/ http://fakeapp.com/

patrickk 10y ago
Thanks for this!

hobs 10y ago

I am primarily a Windows user, but Automator blew me away when I first saw it a few years ago(mainly due to the OSX Applescript dictionaries? which it could access meant it had a lot of additional functionality.) A cursory glance at macrocreator doesn't really give me the impression of what it does better, do you have any additional insight?

patrickk 10y ago
Ease of use is a big one. I tried used Automator for simple tasks in the past, and it's got a complicated syntax and a steeper learning curve compared to AHK which meant I gave up. Look at the list of keyboard commands for an example of what I mean: https://autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm#Keyboard https://autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm#Keyboard Another example, this is a macro to jump to the end of a file name in windows explorer and append today's date, then jump to the next item in the list (F3 is the trigger): F3:: Macro1: Send, {Alt}{f}{m}{End} ; shortcut to rename, jump to end of filename SetKeyDelay, 0 SendRaw, _09-06-2016 ; this is what is sent Send, {Enter}{Down} ; jump to next file Return This is extremely readable and easy to understand. Perhaps it's possible to do pixel searches in Automator (click on certain buttons for example), but AHK + Pulover's Macro creator make this extremely easy - this is why I mentioned both, as these combined make a perfect drop-in replacement for Sikuli - and they're far more stable than Sikuli, which was quite unstable when I tried it at year or two ago.