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Remapping RTM keyboard shortcuts with AutoHotkey

biancolo says:
Just a small thing... I love the RTM keyboard shortcuts, but from a Windows perspective I always expect F2 to be "rename", and CTRL-F to be "find." Enter AutoHotkey (www.autohotkey.com). Here's a simple script that does a remapping:

#IfWinActive Remember The Milk
F2::r
^f::^+/

Now, whenever I'm viewing RTM, F2 and CTRL-F work the way I want.

Notes:

1. This approach depends on your browser putting the site in the browser title bar so that AHK can latch onto it.

2. AHK is Windows-only, but there are similar tools out there for all platforms.

3. If your browser has a built-in CTRL-F shortcut for finding text on a page, this will be preempted by the new RTM-specific CTRL-F, but only when viewing RTM itself. I like this behavior, but might not be for everyone.
Posted at 3:13pm on December 23, 2009
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