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
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