escaping special character ::///::<!--

[partof]

Hi, sorry for the dumb question but I can't find an answer:

I want to ahk to automatically change /// into <!--

I tried

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::`/`/`/::`<!--

Any idea ?

[BoBo]

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::///::
   SendRaw, <!--
   Return

Not tested.

[partof]

it doesn't work

[jeeswg]

Perhaps this:

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:*?:///::{Raw}<!--

You may like to look at the hotstring options, sometimes * and ? are/aren't desirable.
Hotstrings and Auto-replace (similar to AutoText and AutoCorrect)
https://autohotkey.com/docs/Hotstrings.htm

[gregster]

It doesn't work in which context? It seems to work for me.
You can use

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:T:///::<!--

in AHK 1.1.27+

[gregster]

It doesn't work in which context?

In which programs? Not even notepad? And if you run the script as admin?
Which AHK version do you use? Which windows version?

[partof]

sorry for the delay: I'm running the last version of ahk. No it doesn't work on notepad. I believe it's a forbidden characters '/' issue

[gregster]

Yes, sure, I tried them all. Bobo's, jeeswg's and my version all work (a bit differently, but still). So it cannot be a "forbidden character" thing. But even this works for me on AHK 1.1.27+:

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::`/`/`/::{text}<!--

if you insist on escaping /... do other hostrings work for you? What about running as admin?

[partof]

thanks for your help, I'm on the version 1.1.28.00, I tried to run the script by admin.

It doesn't work* (actually it's even weirder, :T:///::<!-- worked, but only once).

But I gave up, I found another solution.