AutoHotkey help needed

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

09 Jun 2023, 15:05

Hi you lucky ones whose school stuff included programming and the core principles behind it,
can any of you help me? I am sure the solution is simple but I just can't figure it out.

I have a AHK script which does exactly what I want in all applications but adds an unwanted feature in one:
when typing in a Firefox window every now and then (not editing the text which follo’s) a c’aracter I type will inste’d be replaced with an apostrophe. This happe’s ran’omly and is of course very a’noying.

So I would like to add to my script a command simply instr’cting it to NOT work in Firefox.
Any ideas?

Than’s in advance :mrgreen:

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Muirium
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10 Jun 2023, 00:04

Presumably auto hot key has an equivalent of Karabiner’s active application if:

https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/doc ... plication/

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pyrelink

10 Jun 2023, 06:40

Muirium wrote:
10 Jun 2023, 00:04
Presumably auto hot key has an equivalent of Karabiner’s active application if:

https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/doc ... plication/
It does: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/WinActive.htm

you could check if firefox is your active window, and disable your script.

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

11 Jun 2023, 08:57

pyrelink wrote:
10 Jun 2023, 06:40
Muirium wrote:
10 Jun 2023, 00:04
Presumably auto hot key has an equivalent of Karabiner’s active application if:

https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/doc ... plication/
It does: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/WinActive.htm

you could check if firefox is your active window, and disable your script.
Thanks guys, that's a lot of help already. I get it all in theory :D

But... how do I concretely tell AHK: if you detect that firefox is my active window, then suspend AHK?
And will then AHK be automatically "unsuspended" if my active window changes?

It may seem trivial to you, but I am lost in all these square and curly brackets and != and := and ^ and whatnot.

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