NaturalEdgePan
AHK_X11
NaturalEdgePan | AHK_X11 | |
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10.0 | 8.8 | |
about 1 year ago | about 1 month ago | |
AutoIt | Crystal | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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NaturalEdgePan
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Somehow AutoHotKey is kinda good now
AutoIt is also great especially for quickly prototyping GUIs.
I recently built a proof-of-concept for a modernized method of interacting with RTS cameras[0], which unfortunately could not be achieved with frameworks like SDL due to their abstraction obscuring some of the native OS functions needed to create my idea.
Using AutoIt lets me basically just treat it as a minimal-boilerplate sandbox to make DllCalls. This also means that I could directly listen as well as post raw device messages. For example, I implemented an inertia-based cursor script that basically lets you use your homerow vim keys like it's a trackball[1], which I now use everyday whenever I'm not with my ThinkPad.
[0] https://github.com/EsportToys/NaturalEdgePan
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WW2 Plotters of the Royal Air Force
I came across this very interesting bit of history while looking for an image to illustrate my RTS camera control concept[0] as an analogy.
It's interesting how a lot of the wartime "computational drudgery" frequently employ women, the perception of which shifted to becoming a more men-dominated employment after the war.
It would be lovely to hear interesting perspectives from people here on what other tidbits you know of about little-known roles and the social climate during the war, or your insights on how things came to be the way they are during and after the war.
[0] https://github.com/EsportToys/NaturalEdgePan#figure-2-this-w...
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A more natural way of controlling RTS cameras (explanation & playable prototype in comments)
So I made this prototype, to show how I think new-players can be encouraged to use unlocked camera more effectively -- I think the main friction is less about traditional edge-panning being inefficient, and more about it being accident-prone: players acquiring mouse precision at the same time as learning the game finds themselve accidentally panning the camera when the cursor is close to the edge, so early on they develop a bad habit of leaving a wide space for where you are clicking rather than developing the motor control to kite with the cursor close to the screen-edge and hero.
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A more natural way of controlling RTS cameras
A playable demo downloadable from GitHub
- Modernizing the RTS camera control scheme
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My prototype showing how League's camera can be controlled more naturally (w/ instructions to implement it -- GitHub link in comments)
You can feel it out in the playable demo here!
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My prototype showing how League's camera can be controlled more naturally (w/ instructions for devs to implement it -- GitHub link in comments)
NaturalEdgePan
AHK_X11
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Rethinking Window Management in Gnome
Just FYI the exact same thing is now also possible with AHK_X11 on Linux https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11
- Somehow AutoHotKey is kinda good now
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Steam deck - Macros
If you can't get what you want via Steam Input, you'll have to go desktop mode with a full macro suite likeAHK_X11 or Keysharp.
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Wine Wayland Driver
This falls right on time for my 2023 "Linux on the desktop" attempt! (now I wish https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11 had a Wayland option...)
I can't live without Office! My personal favorite is 2010 x64, as Word then starts faster than the current Wordpad.
Office 2010 works great in Windows 11, but there've been some suspicious move making me believe old office version will be given a poison pill or something under the plausible deniability of "security risks of 13 year old software", like how Outlook 2010 can't connect to outlook.com anymore (though it works great with gmail using google's GWSO plugin)
On MY computer, I run what I want. So I'll try Office 2010 in wine within Wayland.
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A guide to macroing on Linux
GitHub - phil294/AHK_X11: AutoHotkey for Linux (X11-based systems)
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Learning Linux: recommended resources
I want to switch, but the only snag is that I love AutoHotkey, and a Linux port is still in progress. I use AutoHotkey to make my keyboard and (especially) my mouse more useful. I could probably do the same things by other means in Linux—everything is customizable in Linux, after all. And anyway I might use my mouse less and less as I become more capable with the terminal. Still, I'll wait a while in the hope that I'll be able to more or less plop my AutoHotkey script into the Linux version.
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AutoHotkey v2 Official Release Announcement
Check out https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/keysharp/ and https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11, two attempts at porting AHK to Linux. The former isn't usable yet, the latter is by me and somewhat incomplete.
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What's your current experience with WSL?
The only Windows-specific app I use is AutoHotkey, and I'm pleased to see that a Linux rewrite is in development 🎉 And wouldn't you know it, written in Crystal!
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AutoHotKey V2 (Breaking Upgrade)
AHK_X11 is AutoHotkey for Linux and it does not yet support Wayland, but it's definitely impossible https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11/issues/2 (see also: ydotool)
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Marten, a Crystal web framework that makes building web apps productive and fun
I have recently learned to use it to create an AutoHotkey for Linux implementation (https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11), and it's been a delightful experience. If you like programming in Go and Ruby syntax, this will be your go to language. Other than that, it bears but few surprises, which I would consider a good thing. Its major downside is its compilation time and poor IDE support. Also, you should not be afraid to search through Crystal's GitHub issues or dig into the stdlib's source for more exotic use cases. However, the latter is as easily accessible as is your own code, and the community around Crystal seems quite friendly and welcoming. Contrary to sibling comments, I find it well suited for programs outside of web development as well.
And most of all, it's fast.
What are some alternatives?
Fluent-Search - Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature
espanso - Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust
autopilot-rs - A simple, cross-platform GUI automation module for Rust.
xremap - Key remapper for X11 and Wayland
whkd - A simple hotkey daemon for Windows
xdotool - fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more
autopy - A simple, cross-platform GUI automation module for Python and Rust.
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
Flow.Launcher - :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
shell - Pop!_OS Shell
MouseTray - Simple tray app to quickly adjust Windows cursor speed.
ahkx - autohotkey interpreter compiled with gcc