IDEA: £ on a non-uk keyboard

[mediaguycouk]

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)

[cyberdiva]

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.

[lanux128]

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.

[Select]

SendMode, Input

; <^>! stands for AltGr
<^>!3::
!3::
     Send, {ASC 0163}
Return

[Carol Haynes]

Yep - works fine on my keyboard.

[mediaguycouk]

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

Thanks for this.

[lanux128]

if your friend's laptop doesn't have a AltGr key, they can use the Alt+3 combination instead.

[mediaguycouk]

does the <^>! command need to change to use normal alt?

(Many thanks for this btw)

[lanux128]

you don't have to change, unless you want to.. 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.

[mediaguycouk]

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

[lanux128]

yes, false alarms are the bane of AHK scripts but you can always write a letter to Sophos regarding this problem.