Hi Eva,

I'm learning as you are, so had a go despite there being an app for this.  I thought I could use the alt keys in the script for this.  So, Alt+h+u+t gets me the translated status for example.  But I can't get the use of multiple keys to work correctly and always end up with the Alt keys activated in the ribbon and the letters ut in my segment.  In fact I've tested this so many times now I can remember the different Alt key shortcuts for them all and this works really well ;-)

Regards

Paul

Hi Eva,

I'm learning as you are, so had a go despite there being an app for this.  I thought I could use the alt keys in the script for this.  So, Alt+h+u+t gets me the translated status for example.  But I can't get the use of multiple keys to work correctly and always end up with the Alt keys activated in the ribbon and the letters ut in my segment.  In fact I've tested this so many times now I can remember the different Alt key shortcuts for them all and this works really well ;-)

Regards

Paul

Unknown said:

So, Alt+h+u+t gets me the translated status for example.  But I can't get the use of multiple keys to work correctly and always end up with the Alt keys activated in the ribbon and the letters ut in my segment.  

Hi Paul,

I believe the solution to that is adding a KeyWait Ctrl line at the beginning of the script, if Ctrl is to be part of the hotkey, so something like this:

^#q::
KeyWait Ctrl
Send !h
Sleep 50
Sendinput u
Sleep 50
Sendinput t
Return

The explanation for this is in the following thread in the Autohotkey forum, which refers specifically to this issue in Studio: the Alt key not being sent on its own when the Control key is still being held down.

autohotkey.com/.../viewtopic.php

An alternative solution would be using a hotkey that doesn't use Control, then a regular script should work, I think

Unknown said:

Personally, I don't really need this to work on multiple segments, I need it segment-by-segment during the translation process, that's why at the moment the AHK script is my preferred option because it also allows jumping to the next segment like Ctrl+Enter does while translating.

 

I think the fact that you can add actions to the script and that it can be applied to multiple segments makes the script very valuable. I would agree with Paul and Raphaël that using the ribbon shortcuts would make the script more reliable and transferrable than using screen coordinates, as application size and even monitor placement could affect the operation of the script. For example, I keep my scripts in a Dropbox folder and then use them both on my main computer which has large monitors and on my portable computer, which has a small screen.

Just out of curiosity, can I ask why you do this during the translation process? Do you change the status of every segment as you work or only some segments? I'm just curious about the possible scenarios.

And then, finally, so glad to hear you're enthusiastic about AHK, I think the more people join the forum and contribute to it, the easier it will be for all of use to keep learning for our specific use cases.

Thank you for constantly helping out less accomplished users, Nora! You have already given me plenty of extremely valuable tips. I really appreciate it!

Unknown said:

Thank you for constantly helping out less accomplished users, Nora! You have already given me plenty of extremely valuable tips. I really appreciate it!

Seconded!!