Re: OT "...greatest keyboard(s)..."

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 Harry:

 I'm familiar with Autohotkey. I've been using it to autocorrect and do
 other things for some time now.

 I tried your suggestion, but it does not work for me on my Microsoft
 "bells and whistles" keyboard with a Win Key. Are you sure about the
 command RCtrl::Lwin. What works for me is RCtrl::#h, which calls up a
 feature of the Autohotkey "autocorrect" file. If I remove the "h", I
 get a message to the effect that a command is missing, and if I use
 your suggestion above, I get the same message. Isn't the symbol # the
 trigger for the Win key?

 But more importantly, none of these commands work when I use the IBM
 (Model M) keyboard. Remember that there is no Win key on the Model M.
 So when one executes the Autohotkey command RCtrl::(whatever), one
 is not going to get any sort of action. Would this not suggest that
 what has to be edited is the Regedit file?

 MWP

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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Harry Binswanger wrote:


> Get the great macro program AutoHotkey. It's free here:
> http://www.autohotkey.com/
>
> Download and install it. After lauching it, you'll see an icon in your Tray
> that looks like a white H on a green background. Right-click on it, then
> choose "Edit This Script." That will bring up, in Notepad, the current
> (default) script, a file ending in .AHK. To that script, add this line at the
> bottom (or make it the only line in the script--your choice):
>
>
> RCtrl::LWin
>
> That will make your right Ctrl key function as the left Win key (alternative
> assignments are your option).
>
>
> To make it take effect, the first time, after you've saved the altered .AHK
> script, right click on the AutoHotkey icon in the Tray and choose "Reload
> This Script."
>
>
> That should do it. Test it by doing RCtrl (held down) d. That should minimize
> all open programs (the equivalent of Winkey d. Doing that again will make
> them all un-minimize.
>
>
> Put a link to Autohotkey.exe into your Startup folder, and it will load every
> time you boot up (let me know if you need help on how to do that).
>
>
> Once you get comfortable with AutoHotkey, you'll want to use all sorts of
> Macros with it--the simplest being things like:
>
>
> F2::Send M.W. Poirer
> F3::Send poirmw@xxxxxxxx
>
> AutoHotkey is one killer-app.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


> >  Speaking of the IBM Model M, I have such a keyboard. I recently retired
> >  it because of its lack of a Windows key. Is there a way of remapping the
> >  right Alt key on the Model M so as to convert it to a Win key? Or am I
> >  just completely off the mark with this question? Of course, I don'td
> >  claim to know much about computers.
> >
> >  M.W. Poirie 
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx