AutoHotKey variable assigning in hotstring

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I am trying to make an AutoHotkey hotstring and I couldn't find anything, despite scouring the web. I'm not quite sure how to explain, but here is an example of what I'm trying to do: ::sendback {thingtosendback}::{thingtosendback} would (theoretically) send back the input, so sendback wow would just write wow, sendback hi would just write hi etc. Thanks for reading!

0x464e 0x464e · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-19T15:09:05

You'll probably want to combine a hotstring with the Input command.

Simple example:

:X:sendback::
    Input, output, T3, {Enter}
    SendInput, % output
return

X option in the hotstring to execute instead of replace text.
T3 option in the Input command to specify a 3 second timeout for it.
{Enter} to mark the end key for the Input command.
Then a check if we timed out or not, if not, we SendInput whatever we typed.

There's a lot of customization you can on both the hotstring and Input command side of things.
Read the documentation to see the possibilities.

AutoHotKey variable assigning in hotstring

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