This is a well known workaround. Many people do this, and I've been recommending it for a long time. Thanks for suggesting that it should be documented.. I just added it to five or six pages on the website.
Here's a useful, related trick. Both the operating system and HotkeyNet recognize dozens of keys that don't exist on Western keyboards. People can use these keys as triggers when they define hotkeys that will be used as subroutines with DoHotkey. That way they don't "lose" any real key combinations that they might want to press with their fingers. Here are some keys that can be used this way. If people define some of these "non-existent" keys as modfiers, they can make millions of hotkey triggers. (Triggers can contain up to sixteen modifiers.)
Code:OemAX Oem102 IcoHelp Ico00 ProcessKey IcoClear Packet OemReset OemJump OemPa1 OemPa2 OemPa3 OemWsCtrl OemCuSel OemFinish OemCopy OemAuto OemEnlw OemBackTab Attn CrSel ExSel EREOF
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