Define keyboard shortcuts on launch by XML file in %AppData%, and install with WiX

[LawranceFung]

Installing HuntAndPeck and defining keyboard shortcuts in %AppData% seemed to go hand-in-hand since many applications do both, not just 1. If this makes more sense as 2 separate pull requests I can redo this as 2.
An MSI installer is much more intuitive for non-programmers. Someone who finds Vimium-style hints useful might experience significant confusion over a portable zipped application.
Defining the keyboard shortcuts through XML is useful when they conflict with shortcuts for the active program, such as Visual Studio.

[sd309991]

Thank you very much, Lawrance!

[LawranceFung]

Thank you very much, Lawrance!

No problem. This was a feature I had wanted to implement but hadn't gotten around to. ⎇; and ^; both conflict in visual studio.

[zsims]

Thanks for raising this PR, really nice work!

Any idea what would need to change in https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck/blob/master/src/build.cake ? (which is used in appveyor to make the build).

[LawranceFung]

Thanks for raising this PR, really nice work!

Any idea what would need to change in https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck/blob/master/src/build.cake ? (which is used in appveyor to make the build).

Thanks! I have no idea what would be needed to change in cake. Cake has been deprecated so I would use another bootstrapper like WiX or InstallShield. I went with a WiX MSI because it's intuitive for most users, compared to a powershell or cake script.
I don't know anything about Appveyor either. I prefer Jenkins for CI/CD.

[LawranceFung]

I've worked on keyboard software before, so "Oem1" for semicolon didn't throw me off where it may distracted someone for long enough for some people to quit trying.

[zsims]

Thanks, I'll look at fixing CI so we can spit an installer out.

[zsims]

Does this need an x86 config now?

[LawranceFung]

No. Want me to delete it?

[LawranceFung]

It was 2 lines so I pushed the change.

[zsims]

Will have to see if this is on circle CI. I don't have access to a Windows environment at the moment 😄

[LawranceFung]

Then how are you testing this?

[zsims]

Sorry for the long delay landing this, I'm a bit strapped for time atm. The biggest thing is getting this working with CI (AppVeyor) to spit out an install

[pidgeon777]

Would it be possible to also save and load the hunt-and-peck configuration locally (same folder of the executable) for portable usages?

[liuxilu]

It's a bad idea to make it installable. Why install this?

[LawranceFung]

It's a bad idea to make it installable. Why install this?

You don't have to install it. Installation can help for deployment or may be preferred.

[liuxilu]

Unzipping is the best deployment

[pidgeon777]

So if I understood correctly, placing the XML setting file in the same folder of the hunt-and-peck executable will be enough for loading and storing the configuration?

[liuxilu]

No. A portable settings provider implemention fyi: https://github.com/Bluegrams/SettingsProviders

[weineran]

Sorry for the long delay landing this, I'm a bit strapped for time atm. The biggest thing is getting this working with CI (AppVeyor) to spit out an install

Is the CI piece still blocking this PR? If so, would it make sense to split this into separate PRs (one for the installer, one for keyboard shortcuts?

PS I only recently started using hunt-n-peck, but loving it so far. Thanks for building this!

[pidgeon777]

Hopefully, it will possible to define custom hotkeys for the actions and save the configuration.

Much better than manually starting the executable with the specific switch every time that an action is needed,

[LawranceFung]

Sorry for the long delay landing this, I'm a bit strapped for time atm. The biggest thing is getting this working with CI (AppVeyor) to spit out an install

Is the CI piece still blocking this PR? If so, would it make sense to split this into separate PRs (one for the installer, one for keyboard shortcuts?

PS I only recently started using hunt-n-peck, but loving it so far. Thanks for building this!

C# defaults to different locations for a configuration file. It's pretty simple, but not quite as simple as cherry picking files/lines.

[LawranceFung]

Hopefully, it will possible to define custom hotkeys for the actions and save the configuration.

Much better than manually starting the executable with the specific switch every time that an action is needed,

If you really need it now, feel free to clone and compile my fork.

[pidgeon777]

If you really need it now, feel free to clone and compile my fork.

No, I don't need it now, but it would be a great addition to have in the future for sure 👍.

[i-zanis]

Any hopes of having this merged?

[jadedFella]

I don't think this is gonna get merged now, just start providing releases on your fork OP.

[trifonow22777]

Guys, I think you can make this work without this PR being submitted (although It will be a good feature).
You just need to make sure to call the entry app with "autohotkey" wrapper script: (I am running autohotkey 1)
launch_hunt_and_peck.ahk

Run "<absolute-url-path>\hap.exe"

#UseHook, On ; <-- This is important

; Change the default shortcuts (Let's say you want `ctrl + ,` instead of `ctrl + ;`)
^,::Send, ^`;

However, this has some limitation, it will still leave ctrl+; + alt+; occupied. If you want them to do something else, you can make some tweaks:

; .. same script
^`;::Send, {enter} ; <-- Just an example

It will still keep the ctrl + ; and alt + ; working in the first example