Option Symbols AHK

optionSymbols.ahk

;  ![ ; alt + [
;  !+[ ; alt + shift + [

*![::altShift("“","”")
*!]::altShift("‘","’")
*!-::altShift("–","—")
*!9::altShift("‘","“")
*!0::altShift("’","”")

altShift(accented,accentedShift) {
	if (!GetKeyState("Shift")) {
		SendInput(accented)
	} else {
		SendInput(accentedShift)
	}
}

; by D.S, CC BY-SA 4.0
; https://superuser.com/a/1848160/370703

; Try to fix that above hotkey works even when the RDP Session has taken control of the keyboard
; Allow ctrl & alt combinations since one of the keys might still be in "Down" state when the VKFF key arrives.
GroupAdd "TSClientGroup", "ahk_class TscShellContainerClass"
#HotIf WinActive("ahk_group TSClientGroup")
~VKFF::
~^VKFF::
~!VKFF::
~^!VKFF::
{
	; An artificial vkFF keystroke is detected when the RDP client becomes active.
	; At that point, the RDP client installs its own keyboard hook which takes
	; precedence over ours, so ...
	if (A_TimeIdlePhysical > A_TimeSinceThisHotkey)
	{
		Suspend True
		Suspend False  ; ... reinstall our hook.
		Sleep 50
	}
	return
}