Re: Disabling a specific key

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On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:27 -0700, jd1008 wrote:
> On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > 	[....]
> >> I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often
> >> don't notice until I've overwritten a bunch of characters, so I prefer
> >> to put it beyond use.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> To the original OP:
> This is what I do in order to disable a key:
> sudo /bin/loadkeys << 'EOF'
>          keycode TheKeyCodeInQuestion = NoSymbol
> EOF
> 
> If you do not know the KeyCode, run the program:
> showkey
> 
> and press the key in question
> and it's code will be displayed.
> You must wait 10 seconds of idle
> and showkey program will exit;
> then run the sudo script above.
> 

I already did the equivalent of all that using xmodmap and xev. See
earlier posts. Furthermore, the request was for a way to do it for all
input from the keyboard, not just a specific terminal session.

Thanks all the same.

poc

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