[mintty] Suppress a key completely

[mintty] Suppress a key completely

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, All!

I'm experimenting with programs to replace my current keyboard switcher (which
is good, but do not behave well with "modern" idiotic applications based on
Chromium/Electron).
found one that works nearly exactly as I'd like, but one problem had arisen:
to implement non-intrusive "CapsLock as keyboard switch" functionality, it
using native Windows functionality to remap the key to F24, and use that one
to switch layouts. Everything is good until I launch mintty, where every press
of the key prints "5~" in console in addition to switching the layout.
I suppose it is in its own right on this one (the key is real, after all), but
is there a way to filter the key so that it does not get down to the
applications?


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Sunday, July 10, 2022 16:44:16

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: [mintty] Suppress a key completely

[Andy Koppe]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 15:35, Andrey Repin wrote:
>
> Greetings, All!
>
> I'm experimenting with programs to replace my current keyboard switcher (which
> is good, but do not behave well with "modern" idiotic applications based on
> Chromium/Electron).
> found one that works nearly exactly as I'd like, but one problem had arisen:
> to implement non-intrusive "CapsLock as keyboard switch" functionality, it
> using native Windows functionality to remap the key to F24, and use that one
> to switch layouts. Everything is good until I launch mintty, where every press
> of the key prints "5~" in console in addition to switching the layout.
> I suppose it is in its own right on this one (the key is real, after all), but
> is there a way to filter the key so that it does not get down to the
> applications?

Hi Andrey,

I think adding this setting to the .minttyrc should do the job:

KeyFunctions=F24:void

Alternatively, if you get a choice in the matter, you might want to
use the even more obscure yet quite fittingly named VK_SELECT (0x29)
as your switching keycode.

Also, Windows has the builtin Win+Space combination for switching
keyboards, but I expect you've tried that.

Regards,
Andy

Re: [mintty] Suppress a key completely

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Andy Koppe!

>>
>> Greetings, All!
>>
>> I'm experimenting with programs to replace my current keyboard switcher (which
>> is good, but do not behave well with "modern" idiotic applications based on
>> Chromium/Electron).
>> found one that works nearly exactly as I'd like, but one problem had arisen:
>> to implement non-intrusive "CapsLock as keyboard switch" functionality, it
>> using native Windows functionality to remap the key to F24, and use that one
>> to switch layouts. Everything is good until I launch mintty, where every press
>> of the key prints "5~" in console in addition to switching the layout.
>> I suppose it is in its own right on this one (the key is real, after all), but
>> is there a way to filter the key so that it does not get down to the
>> applications?

> Hi Andrey,

> I think adding this setting to the .minttyrc should do the job:

> KeyFunctions=F24:void

Thanks, it worked.

> Alternatively, if you get a choice in the matter, you might want to
> use the even more obscure yet quite fittingly named VK_SELECT (0x29)
> as your switching keycode.

Will try that one, too, thank you. Yes, keymapper is quite flexible until you get
into OEM (3-byte) key codes.

> Also, Windows has the builtin Win+Space combination for switching
> keyboards, but I expect you've tried that.

My fingers are quite old and don't want to bend like that.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 09:45:53

Sorry for my terrible english...