I use:
RegExHotstring("psa(s)?(\W)", "Please see the attached document$1$2", "*C")

! # ^ { } and + will not trigger match when they are the terminal characters. Practically speaking , the only one likely to cause me issue in the day to day is the !.

Striking {NumpadEnter} yield no apparent effect with this script running. It is effectively blocked from use.

I'm trying to extend my existing Hotkey script with regex hotstrings, based on your script.
Whenever I try to #Include the RegExHotString.ahk file, though, my "regular" hotstring definitions stop working.

Example script 1, without #Include RegExHotString.ahk:

#SingleInstance Force
TrayTip("AHK script '" . A_ScriptName . "' loading ...", , 1)

:X:;dt::SendInput(FormatTime(, "yyyy-MM-dd HH'h'mm"))

#Home::SoundSetMute(!SoundGetMute())

→ the ;dt hotstring works, the #Home hotkey works.

Example script 2, with #Include RegExHotString.ahk and an example regex hotstring to generate a Markdown link:

#SingleInstance Force
TrayTip("AHK script '" . A_ScriptName . "' loading ...", , 1)

:X:;dt::SendInput(FormatTime(, "yyyy-MM-dd HH'h'mm"))

#Home::SoundSetMute(!SoundGetMute())

#Include %A_ScriptDir%\_inc\RegExHotstring.ahk
RegExHotstring(";issue([0-9]+)", "[ISSUE-$1](http://jira.mydomein.com/browse/PROJ-$1)", "O")

→ the #Home hotkey still works, the ;issue regex hotstring works... but the regular ;dt hotstring does NOT work anymore.

I'm guessing this has to do with some interference between the InputHook in RegExHotString versus my regular hotstrings... but I don't know anything about how those work.

Can you see what's causing the problem? How to make this work?

my script is from demo:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#Include RegExHotstring.ahk
#SingleInstance Force

; the upmost function will be triggered first

; replace with regex string

RegExHotstring("(\w*)c", call)
; receives RegExMatchInfo
call(match) {
	MsgBox("matched: " match[1])
}

when I press a button, it does not do anything untill I press it again. Then it produces one symbol as expected.
e.g. to enter word
example
I need to press
eexxaammppllee
same time hotstring functionality works, e.g. if I enter
eexxaammpplleecc
then it would trigger call function (assuming hitting space at the end)

I am using fresh (just downladed) ahk v2 install, also have v1.1 instaled alongside (ahk claims they compatible to be installed together) and no other scripts running. As soon as I close this test script, doublepress issue gone.

What can I do to debug? where to watch?

Restarting RegHook will put it on the top of the input stack, preventing the KeyUp event in InputHook created inside OnKeyUp function from being triggered.

https://github.com/menixator/hotstring

To me, not having any key to be set as activator is a big drawback.

I did script that automatically replaces ';' (semicolon) to either =. -. *. or ! depending on context of entered text (js code) and using regex.
For this to work custom activators needed, so I end up with menixator regex script.

Description

I've encountered an issue while using the RegExHotstring.ahk script, where dead keys are not being registered as expected. Dead keys, such as '^', '¨', and '´', are not modifying characters when used in conjunction with the script.

Thank you for your assistance.

Steps to reproduce

1. Download RegExHotstrings.ahk and set up following script:
   line 1: #Include RegExHotstrings.ahk
2. Use a French keyboard
   Windows 10:
   2.a. Settings >Time & Language > Language > Preferred languages > [Language] > Options > Add a keyboard > French
   2.b. To switch between keyboard layouts, press Alt+Shift.
3. Attempt to use dead keys (e.g., '^', '¨', '´') with the script active.
4. Observe that the dead keys do not modify characters as intended.

Dead keys

Dead keys are keys on a keyboard that don't produce a character on their own when pressed, but instead modify the character that is entered when you press another key immediately after the dead key. These keys are commonly used in languages that require diacritics or accent marks to be placed on top of certain characters. Keyboards designed for languages like French, Spanish, German, or Portuguese often include dead keys to make it easier to input accented characters.

For example, the '^' key is a dead key for adding circumflex accents (ex. â) , the '¨' key is a dead key for adding diaeresis (umlaut) accents (ex. ä). When you press one of these dead keys and then press a letter, the dead key modifies the letter accordingly.

Was there ever a version of this script for autohotkey 1.0?