Then there will be cases in which that is not possible, but I would think such dual OS users would mostly not mind. There can be cases of when the syntax will be exactly the same, so a script could work on both OSes. The trick is to look at what is similar between OSes or what can be common, and built around that, not become stuck on only what is different.Ĭompatibility, in terms of the script, would be relative to the equivalency of syntax between the AutoHotkey versions. The request is not to run 'all' Windows OS specific AutoHotkey scripts on the MacOS, but to have a similar language, that can do relatively similar things on the different OS. I don't think what is being asked, is for 100% exact and duplicate syntax and functionality between AutoHotkey versions for different OSes. True, there will be OS specific syntax that can't be used in the different OS, but it's likely many cross-platform users won't mind. What it appears that many people are asking for is to use the AutoHotkey language in a different OS. Whatever AHK interpreter that could be built for another operating system, it won't be compatible with the Windows AHK interpreter because the library will behave differently.

If you think it's possible to do so, you are not understanding the problem. You won't be able to build an interpreter of the AHK language that's able to run the endless collection of AHK scripts out there. It makes no sense to make an interpreter for the AHK language if that interpreter doesn't support the AHK library.Īnd this library happens to be full of stuff that Windows specific. The language is just syntax for using the library. the way shortcuts behave which is tied to specific functionality of Windows

clipboard behavior and clipboard formats the Send function with its different modes and quirks AHK is a library of functions and objects.

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