ahk

This repo is a combination of all the scripts I use almost daily to help with either making content (videos or streaming related), or just speeding up mundane and random interactions with a computer.

• Video walking through how to make sense of this repo
• Video going over how AHK can help speed up editing workflows

A lot of the code in the earliest versions of my scripts was either inspired by, or taken from Taran (previous editor for LTT). His videos on ahk got me into fiddling around with it myself. These scripts were then further elaborated on, transformed into ahk v2.0 compliant scripts and now mostly contains my own tinkerings with a sprinkle of additional libraries.

Important

A lot of the development for this repo happens in the dev branch before making its way into a release and these changes can remain over there for months at a time. I recommend checking out any changes over there in case of important fixes, as well as the Known Issues and Planned Changes project pages to see if any small bugs/changes are currently being tracked/worked on.
However do be aware that the dev branch is in active development and any amount of bugs/issues may still be present as I continue to iron things out.

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Getting Started:

Depending on which sections of my repo you intend to use will determine how much manual setup is required from the user; For indepth instructions on how to get started with my repo, alongside any important notices head over to the wiki page.
There you will also find complete definitions of all scripts/functions of my repo, important prerequisite information that is required of the user before my repo will function as expected, as well as detailed installation instructions.

AHK Version Information:

This repo is to maintain work on the ahk v2.0 versions of my scripts.

Caution

These scripts will not work in ahk v1.1

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Short Explanation:

Libs

In this section of the repo you will find a collection of lib files containing helpful functions, classes, GUIs & more! Some scripts rely on other lib files to function properly so make sure you pay attention to the top of each script, if it has any #Include <lib\path> then you will also need that file for the script to function properly!
If you ever notice any inconsistencies in any scripts (say a script should have an include listed but it doesn't) please be sure to raise an issue here on github so I can get it fixed.

Keyboard Shortcuts.ini/Keyboard Shortcut Adjustments.ahk

An ini file/ahk script combo for defining all keyboard shortcuts for programs that are then used within other scripts. Having them defined separately in an ini file allows for easy swapping of hotkeys without needing to dig through each and every macro/function that uses it. You do NOT need to run this ahk file, it is #Include(d) in all scripts that require it.

My Scripts.ahk

This script is the "central" script if you will. A lot of my windows scripts are here (and a hand full of scripts I use for editing).

This script will also go through a lot of important functions on boot. Some go through their function every boot of the script while some are more conditional. These startup functions are contained within a class startup { and are as follows;

• generate() - Handles creating a new settings.ini file each new release. The settings.ini file will be located in A_MyDocuments \tomshi\. These settings can be adjusted by right clicking on My Scripts.ahk and clicking Settings or by pulling up settingsGUI() (default hotkey is win + F1)
• updateChecker() - Checks github to see if there is a new version of my scripts available and can automatically download it for you as well as backup your current script directory
• trayMen() - Adds some tray menu items to the right click menu of My Scripts.ahk
• firstCheck() - Will check to see if this is the first time you're running my scripts and offer a helpful GUI to run you through a few things to get you going.
• oldLogs() - Will remove logs in ..\Logs\Error Logs\ & ..\Logs\Other Logs\ older than 30 days
• adobeTemp() - Will scan your adobe temp folders and delete them if they're larger than the user adjustable setting. This function also contains a custom folder for After Effects and will require the user to meddle with it for full functionality
• adobeVerOverride() - Will optionally check the user's current Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects installed .exe files to ensure the version number lines up with what they've set in settingsGUI()
• libUpdateCheck() - Will check all external lib files to see if they're up to date
• updateAHK() - Will check for and alert the user of a new version of AutoHotkey
• monitorAlert() - Will alert the user of any changes to their monitor layout so they can be aware that some hotkeys might not work as expected

QMK Keyboard.ahk

My scripts have support for a secondary keyboard with [QMK Keyboard.ahk] which along with the Hasu USB-USB converter OR a custom keyboard (with custom firmware), allows you to use a secondary keyboard or numpad to launch completely different scripts than your main keyboard following this tutorial by Taran from LTT. Any macros that have been moved to this script can be pulled out and placed in your own scripts without any issues.
QMK Keyboard.ahk is therefor a script to allow separate function for my secondary keyboard. A script originally created by Taran that I've heavily modified to work for my own workflow and to function in ahk v2.0 (and cut down to only applicable buttons). Up until Release v2.2.5.1 I used a small seconday numpad, but as of Release v2.3+ I use a Planck Ez custom keyboard. Check out \Secondary Keyboard Files for more information on how that works.

gameCheck.ahk

A script that will automatically suspend My Scripts.ahk when a game is detected to be the active window & then unsuspend it when the game is no longer active.

  graph TD;
      A[gameCheck.ahk]-->B{Game List};
      B --> C[is a game in the list open?];

      C -- yes --> D[Suspend `My Scripts.ahk`]
      C -- no --> E[Wait 2.5s] --> C

      D --> H --> F[is game still active?]
      F -- yes --> H[Wait 2.5s]
      F -- no --> G[Unsuspend `My Scripts.ahk`]
      G --> C

autosave.ahk

A script that will automatically save an Adobe Premiere Pro/After Effects project every 5min (if there have been unsaved changes) because Adobe's built in autosave is practically useless and fails to function a lot. This script contains optional code to use PremiereRemote instead of only ahk.

checklist.ahk

A script that allows me to keep informed about what I have left to do on a video editing project as well as keeping track of the hours I've put into any individual project. This file gets run from this directory and then reads an autogenerated checklist.ini file in your project folder.

Multi-Instance Close.ahk

A script that will periodically check for duplicate instances of any autohotkey scripts and close one of them. Even if you use #SingleInstance Force reloading scripts can sometimes cause a second instance to slip open. This script will hopefully mitigate the odd behaviour that occurs when this happens by closing any duplicates.

PC Startup.ahk

A script that is run on PC startup to launch all my AHK scripts, as well as deal with some programs I need.

Resolve_Example.ahk

An example script for Davinci Resolve that has ported a few things from my premiere scripts to help you get started. This is very rough, thrown together and contains nowhere near the same amount of features.

Alt_menu_acceleration_DISABLER.ahk

A script from Taran to disable the alt menu acceleration unless you hold down the alt key.

Premiere_RightClick.ahk

A script originally from Taran to move the playhead in premiere with the right mouse button. This script has been heavily altered and now contains mostly my own code.

\Error Logs

Anytime a macro/script encounters an error it will be logged in a txt file in this directory to help you catch anything that isn't working as intended so that in the event that the tooltip disappears too quickly, you can still dig in and see everything going on.

Eg.

15:58:38.367 // `audioDrag()` encountered the following error: "User hasn't opened the required bin"
// Script: `My Scripts.ahk`, Line: 643

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Tip

Plenty more scripts can be found within this repo, feel free to check out the wiki page or just browse around for more!