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[Decarlo110]

background/related:
Type with the numpad! by jonny
Chording keyboard: strings sent at key combinations by Laszlo

chording/chorded input: input using simultaneous press of 2 or more keys.

Although i had already used the chording method for my Configurable One-Hand Typing script, i didn't realize the advantage that chording has over hotstrings, until it struck me during reading the above discussion threads. The main advantage is this: chording frees up the key-sequence to be typed normally, which is not possible with hotstrings which auto-replace whether or not the keys are held pressed. Chording is actually a sort of combination between hotkeys and hotstrings, resembling hotstrings by auto-replace (although it could be extended beyond this to perform commands other than Send, as well as use non-alphanumeric keys) and resembling hotkeys by the method of simultaneous-press of keys. The difference is almost cosmetic in that the prefix of hotkeys is usually a traditional modifier-key (Shift/Alt/Ctrl/Win), while in chording there isn't this restriction.

AutoHotkey already allows chording of any two keys, but the ability to maintain the native function becomes tricky and is not immediate to achieve (challenging actually, with the various parameter considerations). And a generalized solution for this has remained elusive, until now.

Usage

^#k toggle chording on/off (starts out Off)
^#k if chording is on, holding the hotkey ~1 sec shows the Chord List

It is easy to configure, with 3 settings:
ch_th = chord threshold (millisec), time to allow chords as normal input; hold the keys pressed this long to transform the chord.
ch_ini = filePathName of the .ini file.
ch_delimiter = the separator used between the chord and its expansion in the settings file. Do not use it within the expanded string.
These may be changed, directly below the hotkey label.

The .ini file is recognized as Chord settings.ini (which you may change) and should be done in the following fashion, by default:

[Chordful]

Interesting version of chording and quite different from Laszlo's. Sometimes it doesn't take and I get a bunch of ytytytyt repeats instead of Yours truly. It happens more often when you repeat the yt or don't have a space between the words. But sometimes it'll just repeat ytytyt even after a put a space after the prior word. And of course because you need to hold the chord down for awhile, if it doesn't type out Yours truly it reallly repeats the ytytyt for awhile. However this style of coding doesn't seem to have the skipping problem when simply typing without bringing chording into play.

If I want to also remap some of the keys, where would I embed something like a::1, s::2, d::3, f::4 etc ?

[Decarlo110]

[Decarlo110]

v1.1.2 reliability for chord expansion is now greatly improved
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[Decarlo110]

[Harrie]

Decarlo, congratulations! This is superb. I mean it. Yes, it has solved the regular typing difficulties. The hot key is great to turn it on and off if you need to, and the ability to see your list by holding the hot key down is just fantastic!

I have mine set to 0. Instantaneous is for me. On the other hand, I like the way you can wait a tiny second between two keys and have it work. Although, I just got "without" when I was typing work! Maybe I should not go with the 0 setting after all.

p.o. won't work with hitting po, that must be because the period key is a delimeter?

Also, is there a way to have an automatic space after each expansion? Putting {Space} works, so it's no big deal.

Yes, AutoHotkey is an excellent program! (one second sentence)! Great work! Oh, I do have to change that sequence for without!

It is really, really great. I'll try using it all day tomorrow. You and Laszlo can challenge yourselves to your heart's content so far as I'm concerned

Many thanks.

[Decarlo110]

[chordful]

This method is intriguing. I don't seem to have the misfiring of keys as I do with Laszlo's method. I tried Laszlo's latest version but it still seems to have misfiring when doing normal typing.

However, I can't figure how to include the numeric pad numbers as a variable. For example pressing 123 gets me the sent 1234567890 keystrokes, but pressing the 123 using the numeric pad doesn't work.

I tried entering Numpad1, Numpad2, Numpad3 enclosed with either {}, "",() ;
at the end of line: keys = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789`,./;'[]\-=``
and also in the Chord settings.ini but it doesn't seem to recognize it.

[Decarlo110]

[chordful]

Made the first change of adding comma delimeters and the NumpadX keylists for the line code keys = abc... Doesn't seem to be a problem there.

But once I change the code GetKS(ch_str, 1) to GetKS(ch_str) for the "Chord:" subroutine, the subroutine doesn't kick in. None of the chord setting preferences kicks in.

Also not sure how to enter Numpad1, Numpad2, Numpad3 into the chord setting preferences. Something like
{Numpad1}{Numpad2}{Numpad3}.1234567890 ??

For your reference I also tried using space as delimiters for keys =, but the strange result is that the chording only works at the beginning of a line in Notepad, after that chording doesn't work until I press return for the next line.

[Decarlo110]

@chordful: i'm working on this and will try to post the solution for non-single-character-designation keys within a few days.
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[Decarlo110]

Here is a version which should work with the numpad:
Chording Keyboard Input 1.1.4b

In your browser, you can Save As a .ahk file.

Note:
1) In the settings file, the following format should be used for any chords which contain at least one numpad keystroke:

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