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Everything about AutoHotkey
Automation-focused scripting language for Windows
AutoHotkey (AHK) is a free and open-source custom scripting language for Microsoft Windows, primarily designed to provide easy keyboard shortcuts, fast macro-creation, and software automation, to allow users of most computer skill levels to automate repetitive tasks in any Windows application. It can easily extend or modify user interfaces. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AutoHotkeyA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: AutoHotkey for BeginnersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Learning from Gamers: Integrating Alternative Input Devices and AutoHotkey Scripts to Simplify Repetitive Tasks and Improve WorkflowCited 13 times
- Go sideways: AutoItA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Macro ExpressA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Learning from Gamers: Integrating Alternative Input Devices and AutoHotkey Scripts to Simplify Repetitive Tasks and Improve Workflow
How I Do It: Leveraging AutoHotkey and programmable peripheral devices for high efficiency diagnostic radiology
DEVELOPMENT OF SCRIPTS FOR OPTIMIZING WORK ON A PC USING AUTOHOTKEY
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕AutoHotkey for BeginnersDemarcus Crathers · 2022
- 📕AutoHotKey to Get the Job DoneGerard Sollie · 2020
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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