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File for quake like console with AutoHotkey
;Hide the script's tray icon
#NoTrayIcon
;Use the same icon of console.exe for the script's tray icon (note that "#NoTrayIcon" hide the default one and any other icon, you must delete or coment "#NoTrayIcon" in order to show this icon in taskbar)
:Menu, Tray, Icon, console.exe, 1
; Launch console if necessary; hide/show on Win+`
;You can coustomise this by yourself #=Win, !=Alt, ^=Ctrl, +=Shift, see (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkey.htm - http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm )
#`::
DetectHiddenWindows, on
IfWinExist ahk_class Console_2_Main
{
IfWinActive ahk_class Console_2_Main
{
WinHide ahk_class Console_2_Main
WinActivate ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
}
else
{
WinShow ahk_class Console_2_Main
WinActivate ahk_class Console_2_Main
}
}
else
; QuakeConsole.ahk (or QuakeConsole.exe if you don't have autohotkey instaled in your system) must be in the same folder as console.exe
; -c <xxxx.xml> settings file for console2, if empty then use console.xml
; -w title of console2 window
; -t Specifies a startup tab ; tab must be defined in Console settings. There are 4 definied tabs in QuakeConsole.xml : cmd=cmd.exe(Ctrl+F1), ps=powershell.exe(Ctrl+F2), bash="x:\Cygwin\Cygwin.bat"(Ctrl+F3), telnet=telnet.exe(Ctrl+F4)
; -d Specifies a startup directory
Run c:\dev\console2\console -c QuakeConsole.xml -w QuakeConsole -t cmd -d %HOMEPATH%
DetectHiddenWindows, off
return
;hide console on "esc".
#IfWinActive ahk_class Console_2_Main
esc::
{
WinHide ahk_class Console_2_Main
WinActivate ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
}
return
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