AutoHotKey: Instant Text Replaces

Question

One part of my AutoHotKey script replaces @@ my email address. I am currently doing it like this:

 ::@@:: SendInput, [e-mail] return 

Simple enough, and it works quite well, but you need to press the space / comma / period / etc before replacing. Is there a way to instantly replace it without any further interaction - is it replaced as soon as the criteria are matched?

After the AutoHotKey documentation , I tried:

 StringReplace, var_Email, var_Email, @@, [e-mail] , All 

but it just clears @@ .

Answer 1

You are looking for option * in your hotline. This option replaces the string as soon as it is detected without an additional key.

 :*:@@:: [e-mail] 

will achieve what you are looking for.

The documentation for the parameters is here: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotstrings.htm