


So we have to create a file startup.ahk to fill in with our commands.Įxplanation of the first block (the others are similar): Once downloaded, we need to create the AutoHotkey script with our desired configuration.ĪutoHotkey doesn't do anything on its own it needs a script to tell it what to do. What we really need is the ability to remap some keys for our purposes. What is AutoHotkey? Here is their official description:ĪutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting language for Windows that allows users to easily create small to complex scripts for all kinds of tasks such as: form fillers, auto-clicking, macros, etc. The first step is to install AutoHotkey from the official website. well, it's a lot of strokes only to gain a single character. It requires me to use the numeric pad (that I don't have) so I have to press the function key.

On Windows the actual combination is incredible and unmemorizable - and, on my Dell XPS laptop, I just can'tuse it. Since the switch to Windows I had a problem to solve as soon as possible: find a way to write the backtick (`) and tilde (~) characters.īoth the characters, on a mac, can be stroked by pressing AltGr + \ (backtick) and AltGr + 6 (tilde).
