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Disabling a key binding? [closed]

tigrezno
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I want to disable some keys because if the bindsym doesn't exists, the key is sent to the focused program (using the "win" key with nano for example).

My solution is ugly but works: bindsym [key] exec --no-startup-id :

Do you know of a better solution for this?

I'm looking for a "noop" style command that doesn't involve executing a shell.

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answered Jul 11 '14

Michael
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bindsym [key] nop

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mmm it doesn't seems to work in 4.8: ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: <string> ERROR: Your command: nop

tigrezno (Jul 11 '14)edit

don't ask me why, but the nop command needs a string as a first argument, so just type something like: `bindsym [key] nop foo`

vandannen (Jul 12 '14)edit

that worked, thanks!

tigrezno (Jul 12 '14)edit

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