AutoHotKey vs Activewords

1. Never really heard of Activewords until recently, however now that I have (and I use AutoHotkey for many things now) I was wondering if it is worth using in addition? Can autohotkey assign commands to words (not through hotstrings - unless that is the only way)?

   
   

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   c.barber78
   

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   Posted 5 months ago

   
   

2. Instead of using another program I would just use autohotkey. You could use hotstrings but another way to go would be an inputbox so that you could use it anywhere including the desktop.

   I wrote a quick and small example. When you press f8, it brings up a box that you can type in. Type in your command and then press enter. If it matches it will do whatever you wanted it to do.
   To add more commands just add more else ifs matching your extra commands.

   F8::
   InputBox , cmd , Activewords ,,, 230 , 100
   
   if (cmd == "itunes") {
       Run %ProgramFiles%\iTunes\iTunes.exe
   } else if (cmd == "word") {
       Run %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Word.exe
   }
   return

   
   

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   Flest
   

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   Posted 5 months ago

   
   

3. I had a similar approach to Flest above, but found that I struggled to remember the keywords for my shortcuts.

   Instead I use a combination of AHK and Slickrun http://www.bayden.com/Slickrun/, because it has a sort of autocomplete that helps me.

   I'd rather only use AHK if I could

   
   

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   LifeButBetter.com
   

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   Posted 5 months ago

   
   

4. Thanks for that guys :)
   Ill probably end up with autohotkey and maybe launchy or nDroid [http://www.codenite.com/]

   
   

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   c.barber78
   

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   Posted 5 months ago

   
   

5. For the purpose to start programs I use the open source software Launchy from http://launchy.net/. You can index any path you want to and it learns your abbrevations on the way. For example when I started to use Launchy I had to enter "fire" to start my Firefox, now it's enough to pop up the Launchy window enter "f" and press enter. By that way all often used programs are only a view keystrokes away and I do not have to alter the script, when I install new software.
   Additionally Launchy is capable to do some other things, e.g. basic calculations or opening webpages, delegate web searches and more.

   Launchy is comparable with Slickrun mentioned above.

   
   

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   plueschix
   

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   Posted 5 months ago

   
   

6. Yeh cheers for that, as i was saying Ill probably end up with autohotkey and maybe launchy or nDroid [http://www.codenite.com/]

   
   

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   c.barber78
   

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   Posted 5 months ago