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assarj
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Clipboard and line breaks

18 Nov 2023, 08:01

Hi AHK Community, I'm trying to create a script in AHK 2, but I don't understand why it's not working. Initially, it should work like this:

Trigger: bbb

Replace with the text:
Thanks for your letter!

{text from clipboard}

Best regards,
our team
I found that to insert text from the clipboard, you need to use:

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{
SendInput "{Raw}" A_Clipboard
}

But how to integrate this with the text and include line breaks, I have no idea. The AI doesn't provide any helpful advice either.

Can someone please help me solve this riddle?
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DuckingQuack
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Re: Clipboard and line breaks

18 Nov 2023, 08:20

I think you were closer to answering your own riddle than you thought.
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/Hotstrings.htm
After typing "bbb", once you hit space or enter, it is replaced with the text from the clipboard.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force
Esc::ExitApp

::bbb::{
    SendInput "{Raw}" A_Clipboard
}
Best of Luck,
The Duck
assarj
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Joined: 18 Nov 2023, 07:26

Re: Clipboard and line breaks

18 Nov 2023, 08:54

@DuckingQuack Yes, if I do it I just enter my clipboard. But I need to insert clipboard into other text

In the end it should look like this
Thanks for your letter!

{text from my clipboard}

Best regards,
our team
So after triggering bbb I expect to get:

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text "Thanks for your letter!"
Then 1 empty line
Text from my clipboard
One more empty line
On the new line text "Best regards,"
And on the new line text "our team"
I can get this using typinator, and suppose Autohotkey has some similar features, but I don't know how to do it

I know how to trigger text or trigger clipboard, but how to combine them together as I described above I don't know
assarj
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Joined: 18 Nov 2023, 07:26

Re: Clipboard and line breaks  Topic is solved

18 Nov 2023, 09:42

I received a solution on Discord from the user Descolada, and I'm very grateful to him.

In case someone needs it in the future:

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2

:X:bbb::SendText("Thanks for your letter!`n`n" A_Clipboard "`n`nBest regards,`nour team")
You can modify this code to run automatically without a space (by adding an asterisk *) and also add additional lines by including `n
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andymbody
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Re: Clipboard and line breaks

18 Nov 2023, 09:44

Like this?

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::bbb::
{
SendInput "{Raw}Thanks for your letter!`n`n" A_Clipboard "`n`nBest regards,`nout team"
}
Last edited by andymbody on 18 Nov 2023, 09:56, edited 1 time in total.
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DuckingQuack
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Joined: 20 Jan 2023, 18:20

Re: Clipboard and line breaks

18 Nov 2023, 09:47

Alright, then I guess you wanted to know about escape sequences.

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/misc/EscapeChar.htm

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force
InstallMouseHook
InstallKeybdHook
Esc::ExitApp

::bbb::{
    SendInput "`n{Raw}" A_Clipboard "`n"
}
Best of Luck,
The Duck

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