This little tutorial explains how to set up global hotkeys for Tkabber on Microsoft Windows.

1. Install Winutils

   Donwload the Winutils library and unpack it on your Tkabber directory under "/tkabber/winutil/".

2. Configure Tkabber

   Add those lines to your config.tcl file:

   if {[file exists $rootdir/winutil/winutils.tcl]} {
     # This will load the neccessary dll on start up
     source $rootdir/winutil/winutils.tcl
   }

3. Setup your hotkeys

   Now you can setup your prefered hot keys. For example, add those lines inside a hook::add finload_hook section in your config.tcl file:

   hook::add finload_hook {
     winutils::hotkey #auto Ctrl+Shift+I {
       switch -- [wm state .] {
         normal  { wm state . iconic }
         default { wm state . normal }
       }
     }
   }

   Save the file and restart Tkabber. If everything went ok, you can show/hide the main Tkabber window pressing CTRL-SHIFT-I (my preferable hotkey in miranda ;)

Author: lKnight, xmpp:lknight@jabe.ru