special_characters.ahk

#NoEnv
#SingleInstance, Force

Menu,Tray,Icon, %A_WinDir%\system32\shell32.dll,174

; special characters on us-keyboard
kbdLayout := DllCall("GetKeyboardLayout", Int,DllCall("GetWindowThreadProcessId", int,WinActive("A"), Int,0)) >> 16

if (kbdLayout == 1033)
  >!a::SendInput ä
  +>!a::SendInput Ä
  >!o::SendInput ö
  +>!o::SendInput Ö
  >!u::SendInput ü
  +>!u::SendInput Ü
  >!s::SendInput ß
  +>!s::SendInput ẞ
  >!n::SendInput ñ
  +>!n::SendInput Ñ
  >!e::SendInput €

  >!Escape:: return
  +>!Escape:: return
  #If (A_PriorHotKey = ">!Escape" AND A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < 1500)
      a:: SendInput á
      u:: SendInput ú
      i:: SendInput í
      o:: SendInput ó
      e:: SendInput é
      +a:: SendInput Á
      +u:: SendInput Ú
      +i:: SendInput Í
      +o:: SendInput Ó
      +e:: SendInput É
  #If (A_PriorHotKey = "+>!Escape" AND A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < 1500)
      a:: SendInput à
      u:: SendInput ù
      i:: SendInput ì
      o:: SendInput ò
      e:: SendInput è
      +a:: SendInput À
      +u:: SendInput Ù
      +i:: SendInput Ì
      +o:: SendInput Ò
      +e:: SendInput È
  #If ; turn off context sensitivity
return

;Msgbox, %kbdLayout%