Hotstring option to only replace right-most needed characters.

[kunkel321]

This is not a super-important thing to me -- It's just something that I thought would be a clever feature.

Consider this hotstring, which is a grammar-relevant autocorrect item:

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::because of it's::because of its

Only the right-most two characters really need to be changed.

I have a function, as seen here:
https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=120220&p=543210#p542691
that does this. The relevant part of the code is here:

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; v2 code
; please assume that the trigger/hotstring is "trigger" and the expansion/replacement text is "replace." 
; Only select and replace rightmost necessary chars.  
	trigL := StrSplit(trigger)
	replL := StrSplit(replace)
	Global ignorLen := 0
	Loop Min(trigL.Length, replL.Length) ; find matching left substring.
	{	If (trigL[A_Index] = replL[A_Index])
			ignorLen++
		else
			break
	}
	; select trigger that was just typed and get trigger text
	SendInput("{Shift down}{Left " (TrigLen - ignorLen) "}{Shift up}{Ctrl down}x{Ctrl up}") 

This would be related to the hotstring option :B0: (no backspace). So you might declare the option for this with something like :Bn: where the "n" means only replace the right most necessary characters.

Just an idea!

[ludamo]

Wouldn't the following do much the same thing?

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:*b0:because of it's::{bs 2}s

[kunkel321]

Wouldn't the following do much the same thing?

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:*b0:because of it's::{bs 2}s

Hmmm... Yes, I suppose so!

As a built-in option, it could be applied as a #HotString directive, which could be used with the already existing AutoCorrect.ahk script.

Although.... I might be able to make a tool that would go through all the AutoCorrect items and change them from my version of the hotstring to yours.... That'll be my new project!

EDIT: Moved the project/code to the 'Script Share' sub forum, here.
https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=122531

[andymbody]

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needle := "m)^:(?P<opts>[^:]+)*:(?P<trig>[^:]+)::(?:\w+\([^)]*\)|(?P<Repl>[\s\w]+))?(?:\h+(?P<comm>;.*))?$"

Just a thought... the needle might be simplified to this (unless there are other considerations that are not apparent)
m)^:(?P<opt>[^:]+)*:(?P<trig>[^:]+)::(?P<repl>[^;]+)(?:\h+(?P<comment>;.*))?$

[kunkel321]

Thanks for the updated RegEx Andy! If folks are curious, the discussion continues here:
https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=122097

[lexikos]

Optimized auto-replace hotstrings to avoid retyping an identical leading part, where feasible.
Source: v2.1-alpha.8

[kunkel321]

Optimized auto-replace hotstrings to avoid retyping an identical leading part, where feasible.
Source: v2.1-alpha.8