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[Tobias]

When using hotstrings, it's sometimes desirable to interrupt the hotstring recognition algorithm, e.g.

let's assume "AHK_" (_ being a space) is a hotstring for AutoHotKey.

You have a hotkey typing some text for you, e.g. Capslock & t types "text ".

Now you wish to type

"a text hk" typing "a" "Capslock+t" "hk" and the AHK hotstring fires unintentionally despite the hotkey action in between. How can you efficiently reset the hotstring recognizer? I have found arrow keys and Lclick/Rclick to work as described in the helpfile but these may all interfere with the intended function when added to the hotkey function.

=> Q: is there any other way (not triggering anything in windows/programs) to reset the hotstring recognozer?

THANK YOU! 2008-03-12 18:56 Tobias

[instantrunoff]

This is an interesting question. One solution may be to use Suspend, which affects hotstrings but not the current thread. For example,