It kind of makes sense then that this was made for and got popular on windows, because that OS is absolutely rife with annoying gui software written for the lowest common denominator of user.
Whenever i infrequently have to use windows I'm a bit shocked at the number of clicks you need to get anything done.
1. Press Ctrl P to get to the Print dialog 2. Scroll to "Print Using System Dialog" 3. Click on Page Setup. 4. Select 2 Pages per side. 5. Choose "Letter" for Paper Size 6. Click on "Print"
I can automate this using AHK on Windows. How would you do it on Linux? And how is running Firefox on Linux helping me any more than Windows?
How do you trigger the behavior? Is it bound to a key or is there a different way to trigger the action?
For example, I'm an emacs user and though I remember a lot of bindings, I also use heavily helm-M-x which provides fuzzy completion on command name.
For example, I may not remember all org-mode shortcuts, but I can do:
M-x org subtree
And I'll get a list of all org-mode commands on subtrees.
(I've never used AHK.)
How exactly does this work? Are you just sending a bunch of shortcuts? Or does autohotkey really understand when it reached "Print Using System Dialog" and which button has "Page Setup"?
That's like saying shellscripts prime utility seems like hacking optimizations on inefficient-for-power-users cli software. Every poweruser has always demand for automation, independent of the interface, software and OS.
> because that OS is absolutely rife with annoying gui software written for the lowest common denominator of user.
And yet, Linux is even worse in that regard.