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AHK is GOLD for me. Power user? Sure. But it ties me to Windows only, and so I'm VERY keen to see a version for another OS. AutoKey failed miserably in my testi
by geocrasher 4y ago
AHK is GOLD for me. Power user? Sure. But it ties me to Windows only, and so I'm VERY keen to see a version for another OS. AutoKey failed miserably in my testing, and I have so much tied directly to AHK that I'm okay with choosing Windows to run it. There's a lot of other things that are Windows-only for me, so it's not a big deal. I actually LIKE W10 and W11. But it's great to have options!
- AeroNotix 4y agoI'm interested in hearing what you've built with AHK such that you're so closely tied to it, and by extension windows.
- anotheryou 4y agoI have plenty of uses: --- Keyboard layout: my whole keyboard layout used to be a remapping with AHK :) not done by me though and the new implementation of the layout is something else (https://www.neo-layout.org/ https://www.neo-layout.org/) --- Complicated Shortcuts: I still use it for generating and filling site specific mail addresses with a shortcut. My keyboard types "shortcut_site_specific_mailaddress" and ahk replaces it with news.ycombinator.com+is_allowed_to_pass_catch_all@mydomain.com. For some time it was also the one tool that could dim my dell desktop screen by hotkeys with some shady dll someone provided. --- Usability: I also used it for alt+drag for a while (but now have a more native tool with exactly that name). Capslock lights up if I am not in my native input language --- Stress Relieve: When mobile testing a lot in the emulator I got slight inflammation from clicking the mouse too much. If that happens I remap the left mouse key to the keyboard.