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Disabling a key binding? [closed]

asked 2014-07-11 22:21:04 +0000

tigrezno
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updated 2014-07-11 22:21:58 +0000

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 2014-07-11 22:25:57 +0000

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 ( 2014-07-11 23:04:50 +0000 )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 ( 2014-07-12 10:22:03 +0000 )edit

that worked, thanks!

tigrezno ( 2014-07-12 13:46:54 +0000 )edit

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