What exactly are hotstrings for?

[outdrsyguy1]

I'm sorry guys, but i've been trying to figure this out for over an hour and i can't get the keyclone keymapping to work at all.
Here's what I want.

"W" is my move forward button and is on the do not pass list.
"J" has been assigned to a hotbar slot on the right hotbar and has a macro the tells toons to follow focus whenever i hit "J". Obviously, i want to follow the focus whenever I run forward with the letter W but W only works in the screen i'm active in.

Now the hard part.

I created a keymap with "w" as the key and test as the hotstring and save it as testw. then i create another keymap with "J" as the key and test as the hotstring and save it sas testj. So since i can only load one keymap per toon, how do i make it work? I've tried putting both the W and J in the one keymap but that doesn't work either, i'm totally stumped.

please be very simple and clear if you respond, i was lost for a long time with the whole LBAT stuff not knowing if that was the hotstring or the file name or what.

thanks

[outdrsyguy1]

any help on this gang? i'm trying to just do the focus target autoswitching setup where my group leader is the focus and all party members follow the focus (i don't have the understanding or patience yet for FTL setup, let alone the macro space). I just can't figure out how to make keyclone take the letter W in the screen i'm in, and turn it into a J in all other screens.

thanks