readHotkeys.ahk

readHotkeys(filepath,retObj:=0){
    local
    comment:=0,hlObj:={}
    static regExN:={singleComment:"^\s{0,};",blockComment:"^\s{0,}/\*",blockCommentEnd:"^\s{0,}\*/",directive:"i)^\s{0,}#if",hotskey:"::"}
    rFile:=fileOpen(filepath,"r")

    while(!rFile.atEOF){
        cLine:=rFile.readLine()
        if(comment || cLine~=regExN.singleComment){ ; inside block comment/single-line comment
            if(cLine~=regExN.blockCommentEnd) ; check for end block comment
                comment:=0
            continue
        }else if(cLine~=regExN.blockComment){ ; check for block comment
            comment:=1
            continue
        }else if(cLine~=regExN.directive || cLine~=regExN.hotskey){ ; get if-directive/get hotstring/hotkey (literal)
            if(retObj)
                hlObj[a_index]:=cLine
            strOut.=a_index . a_tab . cLine
        }
    }
    rFile.close()
    if(retObj){
        hlObj.str:=strOut
        return hlObj
    }
    return strOut
}