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Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
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Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
scottkillen > 2020-11-05 23:20
Would it be possible to add an option to snippets so that the hotstring terminator key is not consumed along with the hotstring when the snippet is inserted?
I use snippets to make typing often used long text quicker and less prone to error. e.g. zzIRS => Internal Revenue Service
To make using snippets more natural, it would be helpful if I could set an option so that the hotstring terminator was not consumed, changing the behavior like so:
"zzIRS " => "Internal Revenue Service "
"zzIRS," => "Internal Revenue Service,"
"zzIRS." => "Internal Revenue Service."
The current behavior requires me to double-tap the terminator to keep it, actually making it more prone to error.
The requested behavior is actually the default behavior in the most macro replacement software, e.g. PhraseExpress, TextExpander, etc. All of these have an option to make the replacement consume the terminator the way QAP does by default. -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
Jean Lalonde > 2020-11-06 11:31
Hi Scott,
This is something I worked on when adding hotstrings to QAP and I had some issues with it. If you are interested, I posted something on AHK forum about it.
In the meantime, you could try the hotstring option "Do not wait for Ending key". Personally, I always use this option and have it in my default hotstring options.
Jean -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
scottkillen > 2020-11-06 12:55
That thread is an interesting conversatrion. Thanks!
You are right, I could set it to not wait for the Ending Key. It limits the use cases where one hotstring is a substring of another, but I can work around the limitation. -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
Jean Lalonde > 2020-11-06 15:55
This can be made. Added to the wishlist:
https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showt...p?tid=1337
Thanks. -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
joeNOR > 2020-11-06 16:44
For us peasants who know diddly-squat about AHK...... could one of you salty dogs please post something...easy to understand.... in the "Tips and tricks" section when this discussion (that I didn't understand one iota of) comes to a conclusion?
-Joey -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
scottkillen > 2020-11-06 22:15
Joey,
Jean is the wizard...I know just enough to know I have no idea.
Scott -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
Jean Lalonde > 2020-11-07 15:20
> something...easy to understand.... in the "Tips and tricks" section when this discussion (that I didn't understand one iota of) comes to a conclusion?
You could start with this: What are hotstrings?
An hotstring is a small sequence of keys that automatically triggers a QAP favorite (as a keyboard shortcut would do). The most common action for an hotstring is to replace an abbreviation (also called trigger) with the full content of a Text Snippet favorite.
This thread was about how QAP processes the characters when the trigger is replaced with the content of a Snippet favorite. Actually, it strips the character marking the end of the trigger. The future option will allow to keep the trigger's ending character. -
RE: Option to prevent consumption of hotstring terminator key
Jean Lalonde > 2020-12-02 18:38