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Old 12-28-2009, 02:49 AM   #1
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Disable keys in Fedora

Hi all..

I want to disable some keys in fedora like CTRL-A But while disabling CTRL key using xmodmap -pk table I found all Options of control got disabled like

CTRL-N---> TO open new file
CTRL-O---> Open doc
CTRL-s----> Save doc

etc...

How can I enable CTRL only to specific functions like above and disable CTRL to ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.....
Thanks in advance....
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Old 12-28-2009, 07:26 AM   #2
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Why do you want to disable them? Some programs also use different CTRL combinations for different purposes, too.

And there is no way to change what you want the key to do, that's hard-coded into the programs.
 
Old 12-28-2009, 07:38 AM   #3
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Why do you want to disable them? Some programs also use different CTRL combinations for different purposes, too.

And there is no way to change what you want the key to do, that's hard-coded into the programs.
We have a testing application...where we have to make sure that participants should not use CTRL-ALT, ALT-TAB, CTRL-F1, CTRL-x etc...

Also I have to make sure that some of the keys combined with CTRL should work like CTRL-a, CTRL-s etc

This is my problem...Is there any way to achieve this ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Thanks in advance.....
 
Old 12-28-2009, 07:41 AM   #4
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We have a testing application...where we have to make sure that participants should not use CTRL-ALT, ALT-TAB, CTRL-F1, CTRL-x etc...

Also I have to make sure that some of the keys combined with CTRL should work like CTRL-a, CTRL-s etc
So you don't want to let them get to another program to cheat?

Will they be using a mouse?
 
Old 12-28-2009, 07:49 AM   #5
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So you don't want to let them get to another program to cheat?

Will they be using a mouse?
Thanks for you reply

Exactly....I will be disabling mouse too...

But dont kno how to disable only CTRL-x but not CTRL-s and CTRL-a...

Any help please...
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Old 12-29-2009, 03:35 AM   #6
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Hi all...

I am still struggling with the issue...Any help ?

Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated....
 
  


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