The only problem I have with my current usage of AHK is that I need to open my script from time to time to remember what my tags are... Right now, it's not a big issue because my script is not that big, but... it could grow substantially with time. If only I could script something to have a popup menu like the one from CHS to see all my tags categorized, etc. etc. -Armando
Assuming you don't compile your AHK scripts, then they're interpreted, and exist as plain text files. What I do is make a script where the first line is
^!r::Reload ; Assign Ctrl-Alt-R as a hotkey to restart the script
i.e., press Ctrl-Alt-R reloads the current script. I also put this at the end of my file
::exitahk::
ExitApp
So I can type "exitahk" and the script exits. In between are all my ABCZ TABS,
::acqd::acquired
::acqe::acquire
::acqn::acquisition
::acqns::acquisitions
etc.
When I'm using it, I load the AHK file in the normal way, but I also open the same AHK file in my editor. I can use the editor to look through my definitions and change them or add new ones. Whenever I do either, I just have to save the file to disk and press Ctrl-Alt-R. The AHK icon flickers, and the modified file is loaded, ready to go.
You might also want to check out a file called SLAVE_3.03.exe, which someone on DC mentioned before. It's in the AHK forums, but I don't have the reference conveniently to hand. It's as close as anyone has yet come to a GUI front end for AHK, and includes hotstrings.
PS :And If you feel like giving your opinion on file naming (and your own personal habit concerning file naming)
Looks like you've read other DC posts on this topic, as you mention BRU. You may be aware that the formidable zridling set out to make a group review of renaming tools, but gave up because they all had such radically different interfaces. I've dabbled a little with both 1-4A and with Lupas, but now use the excellent multi-rename tool built into my file manager, Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com) (TC). It does far more than I need at present.
Thanks for sharing your techniques!
Assuming you don't compile your AHK scripts, then they're interpreted, and exist as plain text files.
Yes, that's exactly what I do too. I also use a line to edit my script on the fly:
^+!e::Edit
Here are some general tags I use, entered in AutoHotkey. they are all identified with "normal" words to make my "human reading" easier... :
; Organisation
:oc:corgn::tgsCorgn
; Philosophie
:oc:cphie::tgsCphie
; Physique
:oc:cphye::tgsCphye
; Psychologie
:oc:cpsye::tgsCpsye
(Like I said earlier, my usage of AutoHotkey here is mostly 1- to add accuracy to my spelling when I insert tags -- it accelerates a bit the inserting of the tags, but not that much, 2- to always have and updated list of all the tags I use. I use these tags in conjunction with EverNote (using keyword filtering), X1 and Copernic, to name a few.)
Thanks for the SLAVE_3.03.exe idea: I'll check that out.
I've dabbled a little with both 1-4A and with Lupas, but now use the excellent multi-rename tool built into my file manager, Total Commander (TC). It does far more than I need at present.
I haven't tried these yet... but I played quite a bit with Flexible Renamer and Rename Master before "settling" on Bulk Rename Utility. Trying XYplorer and TC (even if they are completely different beasts altogether) is on my todo list.
I'm also still trying to find out about the different ways to tag files (the file itself and/or its content) : tried four or five different softwares, but coming back to inserting the tags directly in the file names, as I always did. It seems like the only way that's fully portable and durable. If the tagging (and the file naming) is very systematic and rigorously "coded", then utilities like BRU and PowerGrep (I've only tried the latest once) can be used to make changes to tags in multiple files all at once.
Anyway... I'll try to summarize my whole strategy when it's a bit more stable.