From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Best strategy to disable a touchpad on a laptop when in Emacs? Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:32:55 +0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28509"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 31 10:33:50 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lRWIP-00078M-Rb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:33:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54620 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRWIO-0007Jy-Sz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:33:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34070) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRWHo-0007Jq-KK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:33:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2c]:37398) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRWHn-0003sj-64 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:33:12 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com with SMTP id e5so9501124vse.4 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 01:33:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HpildW4QNgvl6d+X3KjG6dSGjbwHEVWtaX0uQlGKvlo=; b=ODUWTHvApr3DFk0XCTKAGRHiIZA3FyZYuZzci97Xhfar+EC0iTpD1MxV2xWKt0FSu8 LrWXlVJ+ym8423O8d8A5OjGTZ8MonVk3SYoXFFZlKO/Qe3240eYLxjpzrAr4G6DexXsr R1enWPdRMtMvAbOjOnhPmITdEJ9cIBTFly3li7fEoH0JYdkOEnTSIR53PrmQf/5lLKih shOcITtkhk9kn22Wkb2/MVizVV6HZ/AhjQKBW2FhuDfR4Vraa2oGz11Bui+4oGVPbRYF eHWgEp7IhegZ+uPOGzzNsrG7JoCfmsC4SVUP4/FdPEoGFuDQFjBXxJxlTdcqjr/Woubt eqHQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HpildW4QNgvl6d+X3KjG6dSGjbwHEVWtaX0uQlGKvlo=; b=TuQNqbIVFHJccv47qF9LRBh5mUP8svioApenYATgoL2qLxYStVq3Tj84UR3XipGKrP ZMZ45bxDpA57CK/+drwm9xzRbrstJMTERUNc0Sowg8nyOteBLQ9qCsnw4sqJf+H9JSyi pkOGyMPJ2JLL83pOxPn5TEk4GIzuXJSCwqbGUABqJsagjBjghViW3j5WZEYzBb5v9IUA QDCow1KRjgVJjNMcu5/TgpIzHTia6XbBq80vdSqCt2d7dBTv+TYlvfarhzXRpQiY/ui8 V7arsN8OxN9lJjvDW881bI4lhJpQBt8bsqGVeouupW4z95/EYOUlPYC/vLmg7RFkdSDU D97A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533tumu3S67K1biF9Vh6vXHFuVDtAWPQRlSH+lObkWov+EYYuShP Xo8QMXfZjZffz0/ynPKRd5egDeFcs79g9zeUyGo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzkS8XruCaqwv4mZUhGxPRPqsTKrVW48KLY3vqjwgCSaXG51ryNVLO0Ni4+Kfc0Pl/RwktYrA/KWalZ0mB+pMk= X-Received: by 2002:a67:8c89:: with SMTP id o131mr784622vsd.42.1617179586885; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 01:33:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2c; envelope-from=yurivkhan@gmail.com; helo=mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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:128787 Archived-At: On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 07:40, Arthur Miller wrote: 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? =E2=80=A6and 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=E2=80=99s laptops. This way, you (1) have a comfortable and familiar keyboard, (2) do not approach the touchpad sufficiently to accidentally touch it.