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[fogus]

Hi,

I have a need to create a script that monitors the long words that I type (say, 10 characters or more). I do a lot of programming now, and it would be much less of a hassle if my variable names would be automatically entered for me. I like to use longer names at the start of programming because it makes it easier to read.

I know there is something about the #installkeyboardhook that should help me out here.

I think the code should go something like this:
1. Monitor keystrokes
2. If he types a word (characters broken by a space) that is 10 characters long, add it to the list (at the top, so most recent is always grabbed first)
3. If he starts typing a word that is already in the list, by entering the first characters of that word, insert the word for him.
4. If he presses {space} leave the word
5. Else, if he presses {next character in the expected word} leave the word (perhaps I would have to delete the word and re-insert it. doesn't matter to me)
6. Else, if he enters {a different character than the next character in the expected word} remove the word.

Where I'm stuck is trying to figure out how to say:

IF user presses {this key}
DO THIS STUFF

and with:

IF user enters a string of characters length > 10, broken by a space
add that word to the top of a list

Any help would be great.

[engunneer]

what editor do you use? Any good one remembers your variable names of any length and can recall them for you at will. in PSPad, the hotkey is ^j.
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[fogus]

I have been using SCiTE with python code. I'll go check out PSPad.

Also, in scite, I have been having a tricky time defining my colour scheme for the various types of operators. Anyone know how to create a new colour scheme for a new language?

[engunneer]

are you using Scite4Ahk?
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