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I first found out about AHK via Tom Scott's similar ode here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIFE7h3m40U
He describes it as “a bodge that helps you make other bodges”, which is beautifully put.
[For those outside the UK, a “bodge” is a clumsy hack or repair.]
Of course on the Mac, I heavily use Keyboard Maestro and LaunchBar so I am really implementing my own keyboard centric UI
I remember using it to automate login for a variety of websites, and to automate resource collection for a game I played (Lord of Ultima, in case anyone remembers it).
Linux users, see https://github.com/autokey/autokey . I use it for purposes very similar to those described by the article (little automation scripts, text expansion). It's equally as {sometimes awesome, sometimes infuriatingly quirky} as its Windows inspiration :D , but I guess it's the nature of such a tool :) . Won't work (yet?) on Wayland, though, https://github.com/autokey/autokey/issues/87 .
PS - I use Alfred and Keyboard Maestro to get functionality similar to AHK on a Mac.
Linux users, see https://github.com/autokey/autokey . I use it for purposes very similar to those described by the article (little automation scripts, text expansion). It's equally as {sometimes awesome, sometimes infuriatingly quirky} as its Windows inspiration :D , but I guess it's the nature of such a tool :) . Won't work (yet?) on Wayland, though, https://github.com/autokey/autokey/issues/87 .
1. Use shift when pasting something to simulate typing in the text instead, getting around websites that block pasting.
2. Use ";" as a hyper key. By holding it down and pressing another key, I can switch between specific programs without cycling. I can also use hjkl as arrow keys.
3. Automatically switch audio input and output devices according to my specified priority order. Because macOS would frequently get it wrong, including treating my monitor as a speaker for some reason (it doesn't have built-in speakers).
4. Make control act as escape when tapped. I use this in conjunction with remapping caps lock to control in macOS system preferences. I previously used Karabiner Elements for making caps lock work as escape when tapped and control when held, but I was able to uninstall Karabiner because Hammerspoon was sufficient.
5. Disable the insert key because I've never wanted its functionality, but I would sometimes hit it accidentally.
[1]: https://github.com/dguo/dotfiles/blob/master/programs/hammer...
Linux users, see https://github.com/autokey/autokey . I use it for purposes very similar to those described by the article (little automation scripts, text expansion). It's equally as {sometimes awesome, sometimes infuriatingly quirky} as its Windows inspiration :D , but I guess it's the nature of such a tool :) . Won't work (yet?) on Wayland, though, https://github.com/autokey/autokey/issues/87 .
For much more limited uses, which still covers a lot of what I care about, there's xdotool. A major difference is that xdotool just creates input events, but doesn't hook triggers; I just use my window manager for that.
Passersby, warning, both are Xorg-only. For wayland, see https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool but the naming is confusing, as it doesn't work exactly at the same level: ydotool is about keystrokes, not window management.
Linux users, see https://github.com/autokey/autokey . I use it for purposes very similar to those described by the article (little automation scripts, text expansion). It's equally as {sometimes awesome, sometimes infuriatingly quirky} as its Windows inspiration :D , but I guess it's the nature of such a tool :) . Won't work (yet?) on Wayland, though, https://github.com/autokey/autokey/issues/87 .