hello class today we will learn about my favorite thing in the whole wide world:

how to be lazy.

first off, opening notepad is easier than you may think.
hold the windows key and press R - it brings up the run window.
type notepad.exe into the dialog box and press enter.
when notepad comes up, you can press ctrl+O to bring up the open window.
save your codes in one folder with easy to identify names.
choose the table code you want, for example: bluetable.txt
open it and ctrl+A to select all, then ctrl+C to copy.
ctrl+P into the post window. tada!

if you're on a mac i'm sorry there is probably a similar equivalent

boy, that's a lot of steps though.
like, dang.
that was easily four things to do....

what if there was something that did it for you?
or even better, just typed your code for you!?

introducing, autohotkey!
i wrote a script for you guys
you can change the key combo if you want, i have it set to win+z
(you have to download autohotkey to use this script)

save this code as a notepad file
save it as yourfilename.ahk giving it whatever file name you want
make sure you choose all files instead of text document .txt
it is important to end the file name in .ahk

if you update it, after saving it, double-click on the file in your documents folder so that it prompts you to restart the script since an older version is running. click yes to have it run the new version.

Code:

; CHOOSE TABLE BY CHARACTER

; FIRST CHARACTER TABLES
Menu, GAMEMASTER, Add, GM Post, GM_Post
Menu, GAMEMASTER, Add, Accepted Application, GM_Accept

; FIRST CHARACTER NAME
Menu, MyMenu, Add, GM Tables, :GAMEMASTER

Menu, MyMenu, Add  ; Add a separator line.

; SECOND CHARACTER TABLES
Menu, ROHAN, Add, Blue Table, Rohan_Blue
Menu, ROHAN, Add, Lightning Table, Rohan_Lightning

; SECOND CHARACTER NAME
Menu, MyMenu, Add, Rohan Tables, :ROHAN

Menu, MyMenu, Add  ; Add a separator line.

; THIRD CHARACTER TABLES
Menu, ANDRASTE, Add, Lyric Table, Andraste_Lyric
Menu, ANDRASTE, Add, Text Table, Andraste_Text

; THIRD CHARACTER NAME
Menu, MyMenu, Add, Andraste Tables, :ANDRASTE


return  ; End of script's auto-execute section.

GM_Post:
SendInput {Raw} <center><div style="width:500px; background-color: #e9e9e9; border-radius: 15px; padding: 20px; font-size: 11px; text-align: left"> POST </div></center>
return


GM_Accept:
SendInput {Raw} <center><div style="width:500px; background-color: #e9e9e9; border-radius: 15px; padding: 20px; font-size: 11px; text-align: left"><div style="font-size:14px; text-align: center"><b>Accepted!</b></div> `n `n Congratulations, your character has been accepted! You are now free to roleplay this character on Origin Cave! Here's a few suggestions to get you started: `n `n <div style="padding-left:30px"> — <a href="/forumdisplay.php?fid=40">Set up a <b>postlog</b></a> `n  — <a href="/forumdisplay.php?fid=39">Start a <b>plotting thread</b> to find some RP partners</a> `n — Make an IC thread of your character emerging from their chrysalis for the first time!</div> </div></center>
return

#z::Menu, MyMenu, Show  ; i.e. press the Win-Z hotkey to show the menu

Replace my characters with your own. The GM_Post and GM_Accept are just labels. You can make them whatever you want, but they have to be the same at the end of the menu line and after the return function. (So where they start with GM_Post: and then SendInput {Raw})

SendInput {Raw} is the fastest and easiest way to get your code to come up. When you press your desired hotkey (I used win+z in this script) in the active window, a menu will come up with your menu items. Choose the one you want and your code will type itself out (almost instantaneously).

Note! There must not be line breaks in your SendInput {Raw} string. If you want line breaks to appear in your code (as I did with the GM_Accept for Accepted Applications) you must use `n in the code where you want your line break to appear. You can use more than one to achieve more than one line break (`n `n is the equivalent to a paragraph tag amount of space).


here is a video of it in use
please mind the watermark lol i downloaded some jank random program to record with

enjoy!
feel free to ask questions too
:3

Shafaer Wrote:if you have a % in your code (along with some other things,, basically if it breaks!) you have to escape it using "`", so for example i have a "width:100%;" in my code, so i need to put "width:100`%;" !

ALSO, instead of using < br /> you can totally just use "`n" for a new line!! so enjoy that. there's a bunch more stuff you can do with the escape function ( ` )

neato i will have to get this setup......................... then i can actually use all my tables w/o being angry all the time

OH SOME IMPORTANT THINGS I FOUND!

if you have a % in your code (along with some other things,, basically if it breaks!) you have to escape it using "`", so for example i have a "width:100%;" in my code, so i need to put "width:100`%;" !

ALSO, instead of using <br /> you can totally just use "`n" for a new line!! so enjoy that. there's a bunch more stuff you can do with the escape function/` but p much just check the documentation if you're having any problems ;;waves ( ;`;waves)

I think I'm gonna have to give this a shot too, it looks really cool ;>;

oh :0 i updated with the `n thing, thanks shaf :D

i'm glad you guys are liking it!
there is a ton of stuff you can do with autohotkey :3

Why have I not seen this sooner :'D

I will have to set this up asap~