Language Indicator

Per-Language Styling of Text Caret and Mouse Cursor

Keeps track of your current language and changes caret and text selection mouse cursor.

It works in most envs, including consoles and Universal Windows Apps, aka Metro apps.
Exceptions are Adobe Indesign and some .NET MAUI apps.

Written for AHK v2.

Installation

1. Download language-indicator.exe, a compiled version of the script
2. Download and run install.cmd to create shortcut at startup folder

Standalone version of the script creates a marker near the mouse cursor with lag. Since cursors cannot be embedded directly into an AHK script, this lag can be eliminated by adding cursors folder. See below for details.

Customization

1. Download or create carets or cursors folders (since cursors folder exist, embedded images won't be used, see ./lib/UseBase64Image.ahk)
2. Remove unwanted or add your own carets or mouse cursors within carets or cursors folders
3. Use the following naming convention:

Input	Mouse Cursor	Text Caret Mark
Language 2	./cursors/2.cur	./carets/2.png
Language 1 + Caps Lock	./cursors/1-capslock.cur	./carets/1-capslock.png
Language 2 + Caps Lock	./cursors/2-capslock.cur	./carets/2-capslock.png

Tips:

• Supported caret mark formats: PNG, GIF
• Supported cursor file formats: CUR, ANI, ICO
• Create your own cursor with Sib Cursor Editor
• Cursor variants included:

Enjoy!
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