jvanegmond/hotstrings

HotString library for AutoIt3

hotstrings's Issues

Changes for using hotstrings on W10

Hello Jos,
I just discovered this script of yours and it would be really helpful in everyday use.

I tried to run it on W10 without success: the message is always "Tests did not execute the expected amount". I just tested it on W7 but the message is the same, so this might related to an updated version of AutoIt.

I've some experience and tried to figure out by myself if there are missing UDFs or changes but then I saw the _HotString_Initialize() function which deals to things outside of my current knowledge.

I suspect the problem is in the initialization phase as even setting true $hotString_Debug I cannot see any response from the script. Could you please point me to the right direction ?

Thanks and have a nice weekend.
V.

Problems on a non-English Windows

This is a duplicate of http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/68422-hotstrings-string-hotkeys/page-3#entry1173131 for tracking purposes. Reported by Chimp on the AutoIt forums.

I would like to point out that this udf has problems on a non-English Windows operating systems. the problem is that the "supported keys" are localized on non-English versions of Windows. (strange but true). In fact, for example, the following list contains a list of some of the "codes" of special keys returned by Italian windows version.

so you have to take this into account when you pass the first parameter to the function HotStringSet()

English     Italian
----------------------------
{CAPSLOCK}  {BLOC MAIUS}
{SHIFT}     {MAIUSC}
{Left Windows}  {WINDOWS SINISTRO}
{SPACE}     {BARRA SPAZIATRICE}
{Application}   {APPLICAZIONE}
{Right Ctrl}    {CTRL (DESTRA)}
{LEFT}      {Freccia SINISTRA}

HotString may stop to work after some time

Unknown cause.

Reported here: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/68422-hotstrings-string-hotkeys/page-4#entry1216122

Ignore backspace characters?

Would it be possible to ignore backspace characters? Nobody's perfect, but as it currently stands, the program fails to convert a HotString if backspace is used to correct a typo while entering it.

I tried putting an If statement in that would Return if the $key = "{BACKSPACE}", but it caused the function to enter recognized HotStrings 5 or 6 times, so something else is counting up in there, and I'm not sure what.

I'm using it in conjunction with QuickPhrase, so maybe there's a conflict there somewhere?