Basically want to make a macro script

[Casey via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 13 November 2014 at 16:04:43 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 November 2014 at 07:01:08 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
> wrote:
>> I did find this [0]. I don't know what state its in for 
>> compilating/running ext. But it might give you a good starting 
>> point.
>>
>> [0] https://github.com/pythoneer/XInputSimulator
>
> ooh there's some nice code for Linux in there! The Windows is 
> only half implemented though... but this combined with my 
> Windows code should get you enough example to write a 
> cross-platform thing if you need it.

Thank you so much!  I really appreciate this!  But I have a few 
questions.

1) Which compiler should I use?  I'm attempting to use the DM D 
comiler, but afaik it doesn't have a GUI and I can't make any 
sense of how to use it otherwise.  I'll look up a tutorial on it 
if this is the one you recommend.  If it's not the one you 
recommend, I'll give yours a try.

2) I can't figure out what the heck half of this code means.  It 
seems that at the bottom you have what each of the hotkey buttons 
are, and I can see a few times where you referenced them.  I can 
also see a efw listeners for the keybinds to be pressed, and then 
where you use the writeln command.  Other than that, I can't tell 
what's going on.  I feel like a noob, sorry that I don't 
understand this.

3) I'm sure that everything you have in there has a meaning, but 
it looks over complicated to me.  Shouldn't it look something 
like this?

[code]
void main() {
     import std.stdio;
     import simpledisplay;
     import *Others that need to be imported*;
     if (*hotkey command here*) {
     then writeln ("We're losing Alpha!")
     return 0;
}
[/code]

I know there's a /LOT/ more to it than that, but wouldn't that be 
the basics?  I honestly don't know a whole lot about what you 
did, but at least I understand the basic concept of programming.

I'm going to start looking up a few tutorials on compiling using 
the DM D compiler, let me know if you recommend a different one.

Could you tell me which keys you used for the hotkey in your 
sample code?  I can't figure it out, but my guess it alt + c?  
Not sure though.

Thanks again, I am really impressed with you for actually writing 
the basic concept of it for me!  I can diffidently use this for 
my building block of learning how to program better!