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shortcut/key vs macros, must use scripting to use macros in hidmacros? thx

Posted: 12 Apr 2020, 18:10
by ccchan
hi, newbie of hidmacos here.

googled but dont found answer so ask here.

sometimes i hope hidmacos can do for me, say
ctrl-t, then ctrl-t, then enter, then type "123445", then ctrl-t.

this obviously wont work if i simply type them into hidmacros's GUI's "send keyboard sequence",
by typing ^t^t~(123445)^t,

as i think it either will press THREE ctrl-t at the same time or typed in the whole thing too quick.

i know hidmacros have scripting,

is it that for a sequence of keystroke, NOT to be pressed the same time,
I have to use hidmacros scripting method?

and any good starting references could point to me?

thankyou.

Re: shortcut/key vs macros, must use scripting to use macros in hidmacros? thx

Posted: 13 Apr 2020, 10:45
by ccchan
I tried and played with the hidmacros's script myself.

HIDmacros.SendKeys "xxxx"already can do what I can do with autohotkey's "send"function.
(both HIDmacros and AHK are free and open source, people use them together so
they are not competitors.)

hope to see hidmacros to have future.