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(autohotkey) - prepare hotkey text for the send command: ^!a to ^!{a}
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send hotkey.ahk
send_hotkey(string){
modifiers := regExReplace(string, "[^\W]")
stringReplace, key, string, % modifiers, ,
return modifiers "{" key "}"
}
/*
[send hotkey]
description = prepare hotkey text for the send command: ^!a to ^!{a}
source = https://gist.github.com/davebrny/ce25602584c77a50959334ce8ec2e989
*/
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davebrny commented Feb 12, 2017 •
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send % send_hotkey(a_thisHotkey)

autohotkey's send command will send the text ^a as ctrl + a but will send something like ^printscreen as ctrl + p and then send "rintscreen" as text after it.

this command would convert ^printscreen to ^{printscreen} (wrapping the main key in braces) so it can be used with the send command to send ctrl + printscreen

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