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Editing text made easy with AutoHotkey January 6, 2008

Posted by tilm4nn in IT in daily life, Programming.
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While editing text, especially computer programs but also letters, documentation or reports, it is often required to move the cursor to another position like a line up or down or to the beginning or end of the line. Fortunately keyboards have keys to do this. Unfortunately the right hand has to be removed from its usual working position to use these. This leads to interrupts of the typing work-flow, is time-consuming and is error prone when the hand has been placed back in the wrong position. A possible solution to this is to customize the keyboard behaviour so that the required functions are accessible while the hands can stay right where they are.

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