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Titan
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 Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:12 am Post subject: How do you AHK? |
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| I'm bored. How do you use AutoHotkey? I need some ideas. |
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jonny
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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I use it for automation, hotkeys, and scripting.  |
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Rajat
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| jonny wrote: | | I use it for automation, hotkeys, and scripting. |
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Titan
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keyboardfreak
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: How do you AHK? |
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| Titan wrote: | | How do you use AutoHotkey? I need some ideas. |
I use it to ease the pain of using the (for me) clumsy Windows interface.
I work a lot on Unix and there virtual screens are quite natural to use, so I can put all my usual applications on separate virtual screens and I can switch to any of them with a single key.
I tried to search for similar applications on Windows, but every one I tried had some minor awkwardness. None of them had the same level of maturity as the ones on Unix.
So I googled for an automation/macro tool and I found AutoHotkey. It was just what I was looking for. With it I could set up hotkeys to activate my usual applications with a single key just like with virtual sceens on Unix (virtual screens are better, though).
I don't use the numpad for typing numbers, so I use those keys to switch between applications (numpad 7 -> browser, numpad8 -> Windows Commander, etc.). If the application is not running then the relevant key starts it, if it is running then it is activated. All my usual applications are bound to a key and for the others I simply use the window switcher.
This is much more effective and convenient for me than clicking the applications on the taskbar with the mouse and it is better for my hands too. |
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jonny
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | This is much more effective and convenient for me than clicking the applications on the taskbar with the mouse and it is better for my hands too. |
Agreed. My rule of thumb is that the keyboard is always better than the mouse, and I actually don't own one for my laptop. (It still has a nub, but I use it very rarely) For my desktop, I still find it too awkward to give up the mouse, but I still naturally gravitate towards the keyboard. |
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sleepyy35
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:36 am Post subject: |
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kinda late post but for me i use autohotkey to make utilitys for my pc and other cool programs there is so much you can do with ahk !!
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ranomore
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I use it to improve software tools at my office that are no longer in active development (like since Windows 3.1 (maybe 95)), but still in very active use. These tools are so not in active development that they don't even work on 2000/XP, so I'm forced to use Windows 98. And until the world of AutoHotkey was opened before my eyes I often loathed working with these tools and Windows 98 (as did my fellow employees). In short:
| jonny wrote: | | I use it for automation, hotkeys, and scripting. |
and it has changed my life!
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