How do I bind emojis to a key?

[SawZaw]

basically i want to bind a key so it types an emoji instead of the actual thing
I used this code:
Ins::
I set it to unicode,
then I got this error:

image.png (5.71 KiB) Viewed 3812 times

can anyone help me with this?


[Mod edit: Moved to v2 Help.]

[gregster]

Save the script in UTF-8 with BOM encoding.
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/FAQ.htm#nonascii

i want to bind a key so it types an emoji instead of the actual thing

What are the parentheses for? Like this, AHk thinks it's a function. Edit: Use Send

Code: Select all

Ins::Send 👻

[SawZaw]

I never did,
Just, copied the emoji, saved as unicode, and it just showed that.

anyways im trying to bind the INS key to an emoji

[gregster]

See above, use Send and UTF8 with BOM. Works here:

Code: Select all

Ins::Send 👻

[SawZaw]

also, I dont have Unicode with BOM
I'm on windows 7

only things I can save it as are

ANSI
Unicode
Unicode big endian
UTF-8


Unless you're talking about something else,
If so, how do I safe it as UTF-8 with BOM

[gregster]

Normal Notepad should have it. Try UTF-8 - perhaps it's the correct one.
Win7 is not a problem.

[SawZaw]

did normal notepad, and i did utf-8 and did the exact thing you said
but it just shows this error:

[gregster]

Still the wrong encoding. Try a more advanced editor.

btw, did you make sure to exit old script versions and to only run the new?

[SawZaw]

what do you mean
im confused

[gregster]

That's a warning anyway, not an error - but it looks odd.
Please show your complete code and tell us which AHK version you are using: msgbox % A_AHKversion

I meant, don't run more than one script version of this at the same time. Close old instances first (please look in the system tray, then right-click > Exit).

[SawZaw]

code i used was Ins::Send and i saved it as a utf-8 and i downloaded AHK as a zip file, the zip name was: AutoHotkey_2.0-a122-f595abc2
( the code u sent that supposed to tell me the version had an error)

[gregster]

well, then you are trying to use AHK's alpha version (v2), not the latest stable release 1.1.33.02 - but you were trying v1 code.

That explains it - it's not really backwards compatible. Either use version 1.1.33.02 (or older), or use AHK v2 instead.
I am just guessing the v2 syntax, not tested:

Code: Select all

Ins::Send "👻"

[SawZaw]

well, then you are trying to use AHK's alpha version (v2), not the latest stable release 1.1.33.02 - but you were trying v1 code.

That explains it - it's not really backwards compatible. Either use version 1.1.33.02 (or older), or use AHK v2 instead.
I am just guessing here the v2 syntax, not tested:

Code: Select all

Ins::Send "👻"

tysm!
the code:

Ins::Send ""

worked!

[gregster]

Cool , here are the v2 docs for further reference: https://lexikos.github.io/v2/docs/AutoHotkey.htm

[SawZaw]

this is exactly what i wanted:

Ins::Send ""
Home::Send ""
PgUp::Send ""
del::send ""
end::send ""
pgdn::send ""
numpad7::send ""
numpad8::send ""
numpad9::send ""
numpad4::send ""
numpad5::send ""
numpad6::send ""
numpad1::send ""
numpad2::send ""
numpad3::send ""
numpad0::send ""

and it works! tysm

[SawZaw]

emoji test: