Autohotkey editor

Question

What is the best editor for Autohotkey with regards to syntax hightlighting, command completion (intellisense), testing etc.

I am doing a bit of Autohotkey programming, and being spoiled rotten by Visual Studio, I really miss these features - especially being new to the language/framework.

Answer 1

I'm using PsPad 4.5.3 (freeware), it supports AutoHotkey syntax highlighting, command completion, etc. The only feature I missed is code-folding, but for AutoHotkey scripts it doesn't seems to be a big problem.

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Switched from PsPad to Sublimetext, a powerful editor with a lot of features (minimalist interface, multiple selection, mini-map, scriptable with Python, TextMate compatibility for highlighters and themes, etc)

Answer 2

Steep learning curve but Emacs has an AHK mode.

Answer 3

http://www.autohotkey.net/~fincs/SciTE4AutoHotkey%5F2/web/download.htm

Answer 4

I have just discovered that the free editor Notepad++ has an AutoIt syntax highlighting mode that seems to support AutoHotKey syntax.

To use it, I just opened my .ahk file in Notepad++, then selected Language->A->AutoIt.

Answer 5

Also SciTE, but I am a bit partial about this one... :)

Answer 6

I vote SciTE4AutoHotkey. It's the closest thing to an actual IDE for Autohotkey.

Answer 7

Switched from PsPad to Sublimetext, a powerful editor with a lot of features (minimalist interface, multiple selection, mini-map, scriptable with Python, TextMate compatibility for highlighters and themes, etc)

Answer 8

A good editor to get started with would be SciTE4AutoHotkey

http://www.autohotkey.net/~fincs/SciTE4AutoHotkey_2/web/

To search for different types of scripts that you could use...

Go to the Sticky: Catalogue of scripts and Rosetta Code challenges at the Scripts & Functions section of the AutoHotkey forum.