If you do most of your editing in a plain text environment, you don't get to take advantage of time-saving features like easily replacing text with hyperlinks—but a quick AutoHotkey script can make it much easier.
Over at the How-To Geek site (my home away from Lifehacker), we've created an AutoHotkey script that automates the process of creating a hyperlink—simply copy the URL to the clipboard, highlight the text you want to link in any text editor, and then hit the shortcut key to replace the text with a fully formatted URL.
To create your own hyperlink-enabling script, just create a new AutoHotkey script or add the following to your existing script:
!9::
{
Sleep, 100
clipurl := clipboard
Send ^c
Sleep, 50
clipurl := "<a href=""" . clipurl . """>" . clipboard . "</a>"
SendInput {Raw}%clipurl%
clipboard := clipurl
clipurl =;
Return
}
You can customise the shortcut key from the default of Alt+9 to something else if you prefer by editing the first line. Hit the link for the full explanation as well as a downloadable version of the script.
Create Your Own "Insert Hyperlink" Feature in Any App with AutoHotkey [How-To Geek]
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