How can I mimic Visual Studio's “Ctrl-K, C” two-step macro behaviour using Autoit / Autohotkey?

Question

I\'m trying to set up AutoHotkey macros for some common tasks, and I want the hotkeys to mimic Visual Studio\'s \"two-step shortcut\" behaviour - i.e. pressing Ctrl-<

Answer 1

This Autohotkey script, when you press ctrl+k, will wait for you to press a key and if you press d, it will input the current date.

^k::
Input Key, L1
FormatTime, Time, , yyyy-MM-dd
if Key = d
    Send %Time%
return