Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux

500 点作者 phil294超过 2 年前

Hello HN,this is the first functional reimplementation of AutoHotkey [1] for Unix-like systems, as far as I am aware. Half the commands are still missing, but everything important is done, as I have worked a lot on it over the past two months. Converting scripts into stand alone binaries is also supported. Hope this will find some adoption eventually. :-) - This implementation focuses on v1.0-like classic syntax from 2004 (!). This is a significant subset of the popular current v1.1 syntax from Windows (AHK_L). The reason this does not (yet?) target the full Windows spec is how complex it is. Notably, there's also another ongoing project which targets v2 called KeySharp [2].If you are not aware of what AHK is, it is an easy but capable scripting language for automation and Hotkeys, and all sorts of visual things like GUIs.If you want to learn more, there plenty of info on the repo, the docs html, and there's an active AHK Discord too, and I am personally also checking the forums and HN of course.[1] <a href="https://www.autohotkey.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.autohotkey.com/</a> [2] <a href="https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/keysharp/" rel="nofollow">https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/keysharp/</a>

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themodelplumber超过 2 年前

You did this? Nice job!> Please also check out Keysharp, a WIP fork of IronAHK, another complete rewrite of AutoHotkey in C# that tries to be compatible with multiple OSes and support modern, v2-like AHK syntax with much more features than this one. In comparison, AHK_X11 is a lot less ambitious and more compact, and Linux only.Fascinating, lots to check out here. Thank you.BTW this kind of work falls into poweruser tools IMO, which is an important area for cultivation of Linux Desktop focus. Traditionally in the Linux community this has been more of a distro-maintainer's support choice (offer poweruser tweaks and tools, or not) so it's always nice to see new distro-independent, non-dev-poweruser options coming into being.

BiteCode_dev超过 2 年前

I see the benefit in this, having one script that works everywhere.It's also good to know linux has autokey (<a href="https://github.com/autokey/autokey" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/autokey/autokey</a>) for the same result. The name is close, but it's a different project.It's not compatible with autohotkey, but you can script using python. I used it to enter dates, emails and automatize dynalist.io actions.

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endymi0n超过 2 年前

Nice! I used to love AHK to death, incidentally it also got me my first paid programming job.It‘s about the only software I dearly missed after switching to Mac, but recently I found Hammerspoon and couldn‘t have been happier.Yep, Lua is a bit weird and exotic, but hey, so is AHK. In the end, you trade in some of AHKs terseness for better modularity and compatibility with existing packages.<a href="https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon</a>

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geocrasher超过 2 年前

AHK is GOLD for me. Power user? Sure. But it ties me to Windows only, and so I'm VERY keen to see a version for another OS. AutoKey failed miserably in my testing, and I have so much tied directly to AHK that I'm okay with choosing Windows to run it. There's a lot of other things that are Windows-only for me, so it's not a big deal. I actually LIKE W10 and W11. But it's great to have options!

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account-5超过 2 年前

Like another commenter I learned to program with AHK. I've used it for automating dispetate software that didn't natively talk to each other, automate MS Office tasks via COM objects (think VBA), make use of DLLs for certain tasks, and obviously for text expansion and replacement.I've always looked for software similar for Linux but nothing comes close.The documentation is second to none as well.Anyway I'm really happy to see this, well done I hope it all goes well.

jerrygoyal超过 2 年前

I also compiled a list of most useful AHK scripts <a href="https://gourav.io/blog/autohotkey-scripts-windows" rel="nofollow">https://gourav.io/blog/autohotkey-scripts-windows</a>

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infogulch超过 2 年前

I learned programming with AHK back in the day.One neat feature is that you can bundle a bunch of scripts with the runtime into a single file binary for easy distribution. If AutoHotkey runs on multiple operating systems, maybe combining this with cosmopolitan libc into an 'αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε' would let you bundle a script and use it across different OSes. That'd be pretty fun.

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keybored超过 2 年前

The state of GUI automation and keyboard remapping on Linux is pretty meh. AutoHotkey seems pretty bespoke but it might be the best option right now.

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yewenjie超过 2 年前

I have never used AHK before. Can someone please explain to me what _could_ it bring to the Linux world given that scripting is much easier in general?

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mathverse超过 2 年前

I like seeing languages like Crystal in the wild! Good job.

ricopags超过 2 年前

I don't have a linux machine handy but I wonder if this can run the excellent Lintalist[0]. I use it daily in my support work and I can't imagine ever getting away from it (also a huge fan of Clipjump[1])[0]<a href="https://lintalist.github.io/" rel="nofollow">https://lintalist.github.io/</a> [1]<a href="http://clipjump.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://clipjump.sourceforge.net/</a>

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stavros超过 2 年前

I've been looking for something that can recognize the mute button in call software (Zoom, Meet, etc) and click it, but everything I've found seems to do image detection.I understand that running in a browser makes things hard, but is there a better method? I guess I could write an extension for Meet and Jitsi, but Zoom would then be the odd one out.

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pomatic超过 2 年前

Perhaps this is the wrong place to ask, but it seems relevant. Having skimmed the documentation I can't see any options around automating selection/clicking of dialogue box buttons?I have a user who has limited dexterity, and the ability to have a macro that selects/clicks on (modal?) dialogue box buttons based on their label (OK/Cancel etc.) would be a life saver for them. (A pre-determined set of keystrokes based on knowledge of the tab order would not work - this needs to be generic, based on the button text for my application.)As things stand, I'm looking at hacking a video capture device and openCV together, but I can't help but think this must be a solved problem and I just have poor google-fu?

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artificialLimbs超过 2 年前

I used to work as a photographer at a car dealership. I was tasked with taking pictures of all the cars that came to the lot, and uploading them to our web site. I would take pictures in the afternoon, taking 1-2 hours. In the morning I would clock in and then go to a coffee shop for a few hours to let AHK do all the heavy lifting of uploading the images to the 3rd party clunker of a back end website. I would have definitely installed and used Linux if this was around then.Awesome work.

guilhas超过 2 年前

Good workI have used AHK a lot and looked for a Linux alternative in the past, like AutoKey, Actiona... which did not felt as goodBut nowadays I think I prefer the "Linux way" tools, the bulk can be done with: sxhkd, bash, zenity, xdotool, expanso...AHK is all-in-one personal automation tool, very useful in Windows, a single tool with a unified languageLinux has a CLI tool for everything, more disperse, different implementations, but easier to re-use modules elsewhereStill choice is good

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RMPR超过 2 年前

Shameless plug <a href="https://atbswp.com" rel="nofollow">https://atbswp.com</a> not as powerful, but good enough for quick hacks.

Vivtek超过 2 年前

Oh, this is sweet. Back in my Windows days I relied heavily on AHK for hotkeys as well as some glue for various tasks, and while I've managed to figure out most of the glue items on Linux (which I've used for the past five years or so), I've always missed hotkeys, for which I've never found a really good AHK-like solution.We are truly living in wondrous times.

ivanjermakov超过 2 年前

In case you're looking for QMK[1]-like capabilities for regular non-programmable keyboards - check out kmonad[2][1]: <a href="https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware</a>[2]: <a href="https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad</a>

Vanderson超过 2 年前

Thank you! I haven't tried it yet, but this was one of the only things that I sorely missed when I went from Windows to Linux.

marcodiego超过 2 年前

Does it work with Wayland?

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entropie超过 2 年前

Nice.I installed autohotkey on windows because I wanted to duplicate subcommands that I use with linux for ages (xmonad has it more or less built in)<pre><code> meta m n # next track meta m space # play/pause </code></pre> Was relatively easy to implement, after i got help in r/autohotkey

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tke248超过 2 年前

Does autohotkey have keyboard and mouse recording function when I first learned about scripting 20 years ago Winbatch had that function which took a non-programmer who just wanted to speed up repetitive tasks into an entry level programmer after a few weeks of use.

georgewsinger超过 2 年前

Does this support converting new keys into new modifiers? IIRC AHK allows you to do things like:<pre><code> - If CapsLock is pressed, treat it as a new modifier. - If CapsLock is released, send "ESCAPE". </code></pre> If so, that would be swell.

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arthurofcharn超过 2 年前

Wonderful news. Now we have hope of convincing Tom Scott to join the winning team.

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thecrumb超过 2 年前

The one thing I miss from Windows is AHK. Thanks for posting this!

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beering超过 2 年前

It looks like the calls needed to control a GUI application are not yet implemented. Does anyone know of a Linux tool that can do GUI automation? E.g. find window A, click menu B, click menu item C…

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neverrroot超过 2 年前

One of the only things I truly missed under Linux. Much can be solved using various tools such es AutoKey, XbindKeys+Guile etc. but nothing comes close to what AHK was capable of under Windows.

sjducb超过 2 年前

Nice I really missed AHK when I moved away from windows

xtracto超过 2 年前

This is so great! I have fond memories of AutoHotkey when I used Windows. It has just the right balance between scripting requirements and features.

iafiaf超过 2 年前

AHK is excellent; created a fishing bot during the hardcore WoW raiding days (Stonescale eel for Flask of Titans, anyone?)

boomskats超过 2 年前

Does anyone know of a stable way to implement SpaceFN under X?Apologies for the hijack, but this thread feels like the right place to ask.

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CGA11超过 2 年前

AHK is one of the things I miss from my Windows days (along with Macrium Reflect).

jrm4超过 2 年前

Advantages over xbindkeys?

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woodruffw超过 2 年前

Nice work! And thanks for the x_do.cr shoutout :-)

chillpenguin超过 2 年前

Anyone know of a comparable program for macOS?

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IceWreck超过 2 年前

I think the reason something like this doesn't exist for Linux is that most Linux users prefer to use a more powerful language to create their own scripts instead.

sanroot99超过 2 年前

For Linux i used ,xkeybindrc and xdotools

paulryanrogers超过 2 年前

Wayland support when ~Civvie~?

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chrismorgan超过 2 年前

Isn’t it a bit late to do something like this tied to X? I get the impression almost all distributions now default to Wayland. This feels like something that would have been good a decade ago, but is too late now.(Mind you, this would be a good deal harder to implement in Wayland, where possible at all, since Wayland is predicated around a security model where this kind of thing is deliberately not supported. You can either go with something compositor-specific, and I don’t know if this is possible for all compositors, though I get the impression that it should be possible for at least wlroots; or work more the way ydotool does, where possible, in basically providing a fake input device.)

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nooyurrsdey超过 2 年前

Love the project but I really wish projects (especially linux projects) would include a "plain english" description of what this does at the top. Like, even one sentence.1. Not everyone knows what AutoHotkey is and what it does. I had to google it.2. Not everyone speaks english. Diving into a description that includes words like "fault tolerant, extensible, high availability" so infuriatingly confusing.

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theonemind超过 2 年前

Bit of a tangent/slightly off topic:how do HNers make Windows not evil/terrible? Like, it tries to force you into creating a Microsoft account to install Windows, I hear it has ads in the OS, forces reboots when you don't want them, and appears to generally treat its users with contempt and as a resource to exploit.Do you need an MSDN subscription to get LTSC? Any third-party tools that try to fix the horror show?Such a shame to have a solid platform run for evil motives.

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