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I'm using really simple hotstrings. I have 2 scripts running with them, and I get this problem occasionally from both of them. Sometimes they will file normally. Other times, they require me to have a space after the hotstring, or they won't fire. Other times they go case sensitive on their own.

For example. My "Hotstrings only" script has about 15 entries all following the same simple format:



Normally I can type in just [xp and it will replace it with Application.Windows XP. , other times that will not fire. I try [XP and then it will work. Other times I go back in to edit something and want Application.Windows XP. at the beginning of something like Application.Windows XP.Error. I've already written "Error", but so if I type in the [xp (or [XP) it will leave it like this: [xp.Error. But if I leave a space between the hotstring and Error, it will then fire.

This may be just my machine, but I'm hearing reports from the others who use my scripts getting similar issues. Am I missing some code somewhere? Is this a bug?

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Scott F Couchman

I use hotstrings myself -- and just tried the two you posted -- and have not noticed this behavior. If you're using a really old version (say older than 1.0.25), that might explain it. But chances are, you aren't.

If you can isolate it to something repeatable, that would really help in tracking it down. For example, if there is a particular hotstring that fails to work as expected 10% of the time, or under certain repeatable conditions, I can try to reproduce it and fix it.

Thanks for reporting this.