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One part of my AutoHotKey script should recognize if __ is typed.

Following the AutoHotKey documentation, I've tried:

~__::
  tooltip,hi world
return

and got this error:

Line Text: ~__::
Error: Invalid hotkey.

this shows no errors, but works only for one underscore:

~_::
  tooltip,hi world
return

this shows no errors, but it just clears the __:

:*:__:: 
  tooltip,hi world
return

this shows error Error: Invalid hotkey.:

~:*:__:: 
  tooltip,hi world
return

this shows no errors, but does nothing (Doku: Executehotstring) :

:X:~__::
  tooltip,hi world
return
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  • this shows no error. its deletes first the `__` and then writes it again. but it destrois other functionalites of my script. therefore its not useful for me: :*:__:: send,__ tooltip,hi return – SL5net Sep 25 '18 at 09:00

2 Answers2

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Here are 4 potential solutions. I have left one working, comment out/uncomment hotkey labels by adding/removing leading semicolons as appropriate.

The 2 blocks of code are functionally equivalent, and for the 2 alternatives, within each block, b0 prevents automatic backspacing, i.e. the underscores that you typed are not deleted.

;:*?:__:: ;deletes the underscores
:b0*?:__:: ;does not delete the underscores
SoundBeep
return

;note: the X option requires AHK v1.1.28+
;:X*?:__::SoundBeep ;deletes the underscores
;:Xb0*?:__::SoundBeep ;does not delete the underscores
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This AutoHotKey recognize if __ is typed:

countUnderscore :=0
~_::
     countUnderscore++
     if(countUnderscore == 2){
        tooltip, %countUnderscore% = countUnderscore
        countUnderscore := 0
      }
return
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