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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0-a136-feda41f4
:::MsgBox 'parses fine'
~:::MsgBox 'doesnt'
; *:::MsgBox 'doesnt'
; ~*:::MsgBox 'doesnt'
; !:::MsgBox 'doesnt'[a136] colon hotkey parsing problem
[a136] colon hotkey parsing problem
Re: [a136] colon hotkey parsing problem
It's never been specifically supported.
Also, what's this?
: is simply too ambiguous. There are various ways to work around it, which are generally easier to interpret (for man and machine alike).
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~:::Spoiler
: is simply too ambiguous. There are various ways to work around it, which are generally easier to interpret (for man and machine alike).
Re: [a136] colon hotkey parsing problem
its because of parsing fine(read: being specifically supported) and the documentation lacking any further info on that topic that i assumed the other ones ought to have been as well
its fine if they arent (going to be), but the docs should at least make a mention of it
of course it can be worked around with Hotkey(), so at the end of the day no biggie either way
im satisfied, u can mark this thread solved or do whatever
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:::MsgBox 'parses fine'its fine if they arent (going to be), but the docs should at least make a mention of it
of course it can be worked around with Hotkey(), so at the end of the day no biggie either way
im satisfied, u can mark this thread solved or do whatever
Re: [a136] colon hotkey parsing problem
Maybe they were intended to be supported, and the comment was just vague. I've been aware of the issue for a long while and frankly never cared. (I'm not sure whether I realized the conflict with remapping before trying to fix it after your report; if I did, I forgot.) It just seemed obvious that hotkeys with ::: were hard to read if not ambiguous, and I wouldn't want to write them even if they were supported.
On a US keyboard, : isn't a key, but is produced by +;, which works just fine as a hotkey. This and the other ways to specify the key (by vk/sc) are probably more convenient than Hotkey(). Hotkey() is probably the only way to create a hotkey for whatever key combination corresponds to ':' for the script's default keyboard layout, but that seems like an unusual need (and a hotstring would be better as it adapts to the active window's keyboard layout).
On a US keyboard, : isn't a key, but is produced by +;, which works just fine as a hotkey. This and the other ways to specify the key (by vk/sc) are probably more convenient than Hotkey(). Hotkey() is probably the only way to create a hotkey for whatever key combination corresponds to ':' for the script's default keyboard layout, but that seems like an unusual need (and a hotstring would be better as it adapts to the active window's keyboard layout).