From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arthur Miller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Best strategy to disable a touchpad on a laptop when in Emacs? 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envelope-from=arthur.miller@live.com; helo=EUR01-VE1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128788 Archived-At: Yuri Khan writes: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 07:40, Arthur Miller wrot= e: > > Problem statement: > >> I sometimes touch the touchpad accidentally, with a palm and caouse >> cursor to jump around or trigger a pop-up. > > Relevant context: > >> I can't turn the >> touchpad of in the system entirely, it is my wife's and I am just >> borrowing it sometimes > > Proposed approach: > >> How can I tell Emacs to ignore all touchpad events? > > =A1=ADand as far as I can see you got the problem solved that way. > > However, have a different approach that might be applicable in some > circumstances: > > Connect an external, your own keyboard when using other people=A1=AFs > laptops. This way, you (1) have a comfortable and familiar keyboard, > (2) do not approach the touchpad sufficiently to accidentally touch > it. Yes indeed, but I am away from home and don't wanna carry around a keyboard. Disable-mouse-mode, works really fine. The touchpad still moves pointer around; would like to turn off pointer motion too, but presses are ignored, so it is good enough.