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Re: How to disable certain keys



On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 14:26:23 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:

> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 15:41:07 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> >
> >> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
> >> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed.
> >> 
> >> How do I disable the <Caps Lock> key, and, how do I disable the left
> >> hand <CTRL> key, and, how do I disable the <Windows> keys?
> >> 
> >> Thank you in anticipation.
> >
> > We hope spoon-feeding is not part of your anticipation. :)
> >
> > You've searched and searched. xmodmap might have come up. In what way
> > were the solutions involving this utility or other techniques you came
> > across unsatisfactory?
> 
> That information is not obvious and using xmodmap is only one way to do
> it.  Most desktop environments have a keyboard section in their settings

Which information isn't obvious? "How to disable certain keys" as the
subject of this thread has it? Curt found and posted a solution within
thirty minutes of the initial mail. If Curt can do it, so can anyone
else. :)


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