Thursday, March 13, 2014

Key remapping for TagEditor or other programs: AutoHotkey for BT keyboards



Faced with the prospect of pressing the Alt+Ctrl+NumPlus combination for the 1000+ times within a TagEditor translation project, I searched for a nifty key remapper. I thought of Ms IntelliType but it does not work with my BT keyboard*.

Here's what I can recommend for this purpose:

  • Install AutoHotkey (link
  • Modify the autohotkey.ahk file (in C:\Users\[User]\Documents)
    adding the

    NumpadSub::^!NumpadAdd
    ;Alt+Ctrl+NumPlus

    NumpadMult::!Ins
    ;Ctrl+Ins

    NumpadDiv::^!Down
    ;Alt+Ctrl+Down

    lines. (^ stands for Control while ! for Alt)
  • Rerun the Autohotkey program or select Reload this script menu command
  • In Tageditor, press the Numerical Pad Minus or Numerical Pad Multiply keys to test if it works.
 
* To answer a reader's question: why don't I use MS IntelliType Pro for the purpose here? Because it is not compatible with my Bluetooth keyboard:

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The price of free: Kingston Office spying on you

When you run the otherwise fine Kinston Office on Android, it tries to ring home, to China:


You have little control over what is sent. Granted, you can block its networking with e.g. LBE, but then you need to block LBE in turn, maybe with the in-built Android Privacy feature.  
Quid custodiens ipsos custodes?

The only privacy solution is to switch off the phone. But then, why have it?