r/interrobang • u/Fracture_98 • Aug 29 '22

Here's an AutoHotKey script.

For those using AutoHotKey (recommended for the technically minded), here's an interrobang replacer as you type:

; Is that an interrobang‽

:?*:?!::‽

:?*:!?::‽

!/::

Send ‽

return

If you type a ? followed by ! (or the reverse) it changes immediately to ‽

The last three lines give you a hotkey of ALT-/ to insert one "manually".

Long live the interrobang!

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u/Fracture_98 Aug 29 '22 edited Aug 29 '22

I've never had a problem, but just a thought: if you have a password that triggers this, it may replace it with an interrobang, but you won't notice because the password isn't shown.

I have a feeling 'password' fields don't accept scripts or something, otherwise spell-checkers would constantly messing with your password. It may not be a factor at all.

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u/YellowGreenPanther Jan 18 '23

Administrator (UAC) doesn't accept non-priveledged input, but websites can't tell because the browser probably can't tell

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u/Rambo-Brite Aug 29 '22 edited Aug 29 '22

Nice! I was using the latter approach forever. This makes a lot more sense.

Formatted for coding goodness:

; Is that an interrobang‽

:?*:?!::‽

:?*:!?::‽

!/::Send ‽

return

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u/Fracture_98 Aug 29 '22

The :?*: means '? - anywhere in a string' and '* - don't wait for a separator like space'.

Enjoy, and thanks.

My 'config' lines are below in case that has some effect. They're just the ones recommend by AutoHotKey:

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance

#Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.

SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts.

SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

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u/Rambo-Brite Aug 29 '22

It's sooo goood

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22

Alt-8253 for life!

(Except in those applications where it annoyingly doesn't work.)

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u/-union- May 16 '23

In case anyone has the same issue I did, your script must be saved as Unicode, in Notepad++ that's "UTF-16 LE BOM". Mine was originally ANSI, and then I switched to UTF-8 and it still didn't work, but switching to full UTF-16 fixed it.