Thanks for checking out my project! To try it out on your (Windows) computer, you will need to do the following:
- Have java installed (if typing "java" into the command prompt/powershell gives you a usage message, it's installed)
- Have AutoHotkey installed in "Program Files" such that the path to AutoHotkey.exe is "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" (if you haven't installed AutoHotkey, download it at https://www.autohotkey.com/)
- Clone this repository
- Open command prompt or powershell, and navigate to the the "src" folder of this repository (from the root directory, type
cd src) - Compile the java files with:
javac *.java - Execute Main.java with:
java Main - This should open up the graphical user interface
Some things to know about setting up hotkeys:
- A hotstring is a string of characters, that when typed, will be autocorrected to another string
- Ex. to set up the hotstring "ty" to autocorrect to "thank you", set the keys to be "t" and "y" (don't type quotes) and the argument to be "thank you"
- A hotkey that opens a website/file/application will open that file/website/application using the default application
to do so (in the case of websites and files) when you press the specified keys
- For websites, be sure to enter the entire url, which often has "https://" at the beginning
- For applications, the most sure-fire way to get the desired app to open is to right click it's shortcut (can probably be found in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" or one of its subdirectories), right click the shortcut, and copy the text in the "target" field to the argument of your hotkey