An abbreviations list for AutoHotKey

Question

The wonderful AutoHotKey allows you to auto-expand abbreviations as you type them.

So you could have an .ahk script with many abbreviations like this:

::btw::by the way
::iirc::if I remember correctly

The problem is, I don't feel like writing out explicitly all the abbreviations I use in this file!

Is there anywhere a ready-made file with common abbreviations?

Answer 1

Auto-expand abbreviations are very personal. It depends on your vocabulary. In my case, the list has grown over time, as I add words as required.

You can quickly edit with e.g. these two Ctrl+Win+Alt combinations.

^!#e::  ; Edit the script by Alt+Ctrl++Win+E

;run, C:\Program Files\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe "%A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey-Robert-Dell.ahk"

Edit

return

^!#r:: ; Reload the script by Alt+Ctrl++Win+R

TrayTip, Restarted, Restart,1

Reload ; Reload AHK File

Return

My trimmed list (most of it was in Dutch) looks like this. I often use a slash (/) to end, as this makes it easier to use abbreviation combinations that may also be part of a word. By using the slash, I can easily e.g. add an "s" after the word.

:?*:&&::&"  "&

:?*:&^&::&"  `; "&

:?*:&*&::&", "&

:?*:&@&::&"@"&

:?*:&$&::&"€"&

:?*:''::"{Space}  ; Turn two single quotes into a single double quote on a Dutch Keyboard setting

:?*:1l/::" One-Liner"{space}

:*:=vl::=vlookup(

:*:ahk/::AutoHotKey

:*:ad/::Active Directory

:?*:adm/::administration

:*:am/::Account Management

:*:actm/::Active Monitoring

:?*:appl/::application

:*:bf/::Break/Fix

:*:bl/::Business Line

:*:btw/::by the way

:*:bu/::Buiness Unit

:*:cc/::Competence Center

:*:cert/::certification

:*:col/::colleagues

:*:config/::configuration

:*:cons/::consultant

:*:cp/::c-Projects

:*:ce/::Coördination Engineer

:*:co/::Coordinator

:*:e/::E.Nr

:*:emp/::employee

:*:eng/::engineer

:*:fe/::Field Engineer

:*:feg/::Field Engineering

:*:gk/::Global Knowledge

:*:hr/::Human Resources

:*:hw/::Hardware

:*:ie/::Incident Engineer

:*:inc/::incident

:*:inf/::information

:*:inst/::installation

:*:ka/::knowledge article

:*:kb/::Knowledge Base

:*:km/::Knowledge Management

:*:ko/::knowledge object

:*:l/::level

:*:lab/::laboratory

:*:ld/::Learning & Development

:*:maint/::maintenance

:?*:mgr/::manager

:?*:mgt/::management

:?*:mkt/::marketing

:*:MOC/::Microsoft Office Communicator

:*:mssp/::MS SharePoint

:*:ms/::Microsoft

:?*:ops/::operations

:?*:org/::organisation

:?*:prof/::profile

:?*:prod/::product

:?*:proj/::project

:?*:pos/::position

:*:ps/::Partnership

:*:pwd/::password

:*:q/::Qualification

:*:qd/::Quick & Dirty

:*:qn/::question

:*:qe/::Qualification Engineer

:*:sa/::support agent

:*:sc/::Sales Consulting

:*:scy/:: Sales Consultancy

:*:std/::standaard

:?*:svc/::service

:*:sme/::subject matter expert

:*:sm/::Sales & Marketing

:*:sw/::Software

:*:te/::Technical Engineer

:*:tc/::Technical Consultant

:*:tcy/::Technical Consultancy

:?*:trng/::training

:*:tpm/::Third Party Maintenance

:*:var/::Value Added Reseller

:*:vc/::VoIP Connect

; MAANDEN

:*:jan/::januari

:*:feb/::februari

:*:mrt/::maart

:*:apr/::april

:*:aug/::augustus

:*:sep/::september

:*:okt/::oktober

:*:nov/::november

:*:dec/::december

:*:$$::€  ; Two $$ will turn into a €