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« on: August 16, 2009, 07:47:54 AM »
I was hoping someone could write a simple AHK script for me.

All I need is that when Alt-GR + 3 is pressed then a £ is sent (send ASC 0163)
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2009, 10:39:10 AM »
If your keyboard has a numeric keypad, wouldn't it be just as easy to hold down the ALT key and press 0163?  This is the method I use all the time, not just for £ and € but also for non-English characters such as é, ü, ¿, and ç.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2009, 10:53:25 AM »
this should work but as i don't have an AltGr key, i can't test it. (it works with with Alt+3). so try both left & right Alt keys and let me know. smiley

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SendMode, Input

; <^>! stands for AltGr
<^>!3::
!3::
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2009, 01:12:13 PM »
Yep - works fine on my keyboard.
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2009, 01:47:23 PM »
The idea was for someone with a laptop (hence doesn't really have a numpad to type it in), however I suppose a laptop won't have a AltGr key either will it Sad

Thanks for this.
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2009, 07:31:03 PM »
if your friend's laptop doesn't have a AltGr key, they can use the Alt+3 combination instead.
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2009, 01:50:09 AM »
does the <^>! command need to change to use normal alt?

(Many thanks for this btw)
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2009, 03:36:43 AM »
you don't have to change, unless you want to.. smiley if AltGr key isn't available, this line <^>! is just ignored, as the normal alt (!) can be used to send the ascii code.

P.S. if you work with accented characters a lot, take a look at Skrommel's Accents script. it provides an easy way to define more characters.
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2009, 03:38:42 AM »
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P.S. if you work with accented characters a lot, take a look at Skrommel's Accents script. it provides an easy way to define more characters.

I sent it to the entire University of Southampton modern languages department a year or so ago but Sophos kept calling it a virus, so I gave up Sad
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« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2009, 03:47:26 AM »
yes, false alarms are the bane of AHK scripts but you can always write a letter to Sophos regarding this problem.
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