AutoHotkey Community

[jonny]

Another note: AutoHotkey can make separate scripts, even whole programs that require no outside influence to work properly. Should a default script or global settings be made, it may confuse newcomers and experienced users alike, especially with compiling. A compiled script should be runnable on a system without AHK. If it's default is to look for some external settings, how will this affect compiling? Aside from that, newbies may come after this is implemented and start to depend on it. That would really mess up some of the core ideas, I think.

[Chris]

[Chris]

[jonny]

[Stefan]

Thanks for all the cogitations you all make for "my" idea about "default.ahk".

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- AKH scripts should be portable, of course, right.

But If i copy some script to a another PC,
i have to copy the "default.ahk" or a part of it too.
Or i copy the the relevant information into my script.
No matter.
I have to do this right now: i copy INIs, TSA_Names.ora, export registry settings ,... and so on with the apps i copy, too.

User who want to be portable didn´t must use this "default.ahk" (They work as the do bevor.)

For others may it be helpful <?> (They wrote there script moduls only ones)

And / or this "default.ahk" s could be shared from AHK web side <?>
Or come with the installation packed <?>
So Chris can put all this "tricks scripts" into it, not only into the help.


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- That statment about compilling issue is important too, thanks for bring it up.

Of course i can use "#Include default.ahk,
but then i have to think about to inlude this in my compilation on my own too, isn´t it?
(but i to recognize it better, because i see the #include line, OK OK )


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- "Autoexec" is not the right name for what this *.ahk file should do, IMHO.

It shoult not "auto execute" smtg,
but contain "default" things.

I am think about "default.ahk"
for all that little scripts like that for %A_YWeek.

So Chris didn´t have to include always new vars into AHK,
but we (they who want this) can put this "default scripts"
in one central file, no matter what name this file will have.
And from now on we can use this new var in all our scripts.


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So atleast the possibility to use a "what_ever_name.ahk"
for such default things / scripts would be handy ?

Maybe AHK.exe should first search in script_dir,
is there non than in AHK_install_dir for such a file.





Is this to many senseless work
or to less intresting for others
i will use #include xxx,
thanks
Stefan

[BoBo]

@ Stefan
Hast du einen dreizeiler für mich, ich schnalle nicht wirklich worum es (dir) hier geht ??? Mit verwirrtem Gruß. BoBo

[Stefan]

[jonny]

[BoBo]

I definitely will repeat what has been already said. Sorry.

What I've understand so far:

1) A function/command isn't currently unavailable in AHK e.g. A_YWeek
2) a workaround/function for A_YWeek is available e.g. provided by Chris&friends
3) it looks like it make sense to collect those workarounds/functions within an external file/script and to be able to "call" them if necessary from within an AHK script. (CSS style)

A.ahk

[Chris]

[jack]

if you decide to implement something, please can you make it an installation-wide default that the include file is off? further, can you also add some option so that a script can say 'do not use any system include file'?

i can forsee problems when i give a script to somebody else who uses an automatically-included file that breaks something in my script.


jack
i don't believe in the no-win scenario

[BoBo]

[Stefan]

To understand my suggestions better, again a part of my earlier post:
(not to push Chris, pls understand me right)

iam play with AHK and just wanna use this command


#z:: create new download folder with current date (in Salamander, if its from interest)
Send, {F7}
Send, Download_%A_mon%%A_century%


but i don´t want to always insert

StringLeft, Century, A_YYYY, 2

in this script, because iam don´t remember it when i needed it.
So i ask for an "default.ahk" to put this "StringLeft, Century, A_YYYY, 2" thing in, forget it, and just rever to it (and Chris don´t have to intecreate it in AHK).

Thats only a short script, but i can imaging that there are larger things.
The one of you, they are more familiar with AHK
or programming perhaps don´t need such "default.ahk",
but is AHK for programmers only?


Because see, i wanna use AHK, i don´t wanna become a programmer.
Like i don´t wanna build a car, when i just wanna drive with it.


But i see a many other suggestions to help myself in this issue,
thanks you all for your kindly support !
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Stefan

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[BoBo]

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