Changing characters written depending on what follows

[Elaphe666]

Any idea how I could make a hotkey so that a specific letter (for instance L) followed by any other letter (except vowels) sends itself normally as always, but followed by a,e,i,o or u, sends a different thing, for instance R? It doesn't matter if the letter (L) is not visually written on screen until the next letter is sent, as it's expected.

[Fee]

Two examples you can work on:

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Input.htm

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~l::
Input,c,VL1I
if InStr("aeioul",c)
    Send % "{Blind}{bs 2}r" ((c="l")?"r":c)
return

https://autohotkey.com/docs/Hotstrings.htm

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:*?z:la::
:*?z:le::
:*?z:li::
:*?z:lo::
:*?z:lu::
:*?z:ll::
Send % "{Blind}r" (((t:=SubStr(A_ThisHotkey,0))="l")?"r":t)
return

{Blind} - https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Send.htm#blind

[Elaphe666]

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:*?z:'a::
:*?z:'e::
:*?z:'i::
:*?z:'o::
:*?z:'u::
Send % "{Blind}´" (((t:=SubStr(A_ThisHotkey,0))="'")?"´":t)
return

Ok, I've applied your second code to my script, with my real needs. This is for Spanish accents with US keyboards. The idea is to use the same apostrophe key ('), which has the same position on the ANSI layout than the Spanish accent key (´) on our ISO keyboards, which is used for vowels only, so it will be fast, easy and intuitive to remember and to use (much better than holding a modifier key plus the vowel).

So this example is working great. In English when you use the apostrophe, it's normally followed by consonants, so it will work as always. However, when followed by a vowel, it will transform it just like with a Spanish keyboard: a>á, e>é, i>í, o>ó, u>ú.

It's also working for caps, when the caps lock is on (Á, É...). However, with any of the shifts keys, it turns the letter into Ä, Ë, etc. instead or Á, É... Actually, ¨ is the shift modificacion of ´ (what happens when you press and hold shift plus the accent key in a Spanish keyboard). So, now the result of this sequence (', shift + vowel) is Ä. not Á. I'm trying with getkeystate, but there's no difference.

Thanks a lot.

[Elaphe666]

I'm trying to add conditions like these:

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if ( GetKeyState("Shift", "P") = 1 )

but I don't know exactly how to modify

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Send % "{Blind}´" (((t:=SubStr(A_ThisHotkey,0))="'")?"´":t)

so that the vowel is capitalized but the accent is not (not turned from ´to ¨)

[Elaphe666]

After some tests, I have it working as I wanted. If anyone is able to make it shorter and smarter, go ahead. Thanx.

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:*?z:'a::
:*?z:'e::
:*?z:'i::
:*?z:'o::
:*?z:'u::
if ( GetKeyState("Shift", "P") = 0 )
{
Send % "{Blind}´" (((t:=SubStr(A_ThisHotkey,0))="'")?"´":t)
return
}
if ( GetKeyState("Shift", "P") = 1 )
{
Send % "´{shift down}" (((t:=SubStr(A_ThisHotkey,0))="'")?"´":t)
send {shift up}
return
}
return