tbird hot keys.

[gene heskett]

I need to know how to totally disable t-birds hot keys. I mean I don't
want it to happen unless I have actually clicked on a command with the
mouse. If I didn't click on it, it doesn't happen, it can't happen.

Is there such a hotkey lock out in tbird?

Thank you all;

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.

[gene heskett]

Post by gene heskett
I need to know how to totally disable t-birds hot keys. I mean I don't
want it to happen unless I have actually clicked on a command with the
mouse. If I didn't click on it, it doesn't happen, it can't happen.

I have a feeling that, strictly speaking, this will be impossible. For
example, when editing a message, such as I am now, Ctrl+A selects all
the text, Home moves to the start of the line etc. These are _probably_
inherent parts of the text control (rather than being something that
Thunderbird explicitly controls), but let's see.
Clicking on Help > Keyboard Shortcuts takes me to

Post by gene heskett
Some shortcuts can be customized or disabled with the use of an add-on.

So "some" shortcuts can be [...] disabled, but it doesn't tell you how.
But maybe if there is a particular hotkey that's causing a problem,
someone else might have had the same problem and written an add-on you
can look for?

Thank you.

Well, i'll be typing along, have most assuredly not done a ctl+a, but
all the text will high light, and the next keystroke deletes it all.
Sometimes I can recover with some undo's. Or the message goes away, and
half an hour later I notice there is an unsent msg in the outbox, and it
might be the disappeared msg, but not always. About 50% of the time it
might be a resurrection/read msg dated months ago. This problem has
survived 3 keyboards(this particular one is wired others were wireless,
logitech K360's which I like because the keytops are square and I use
them in the garage with my cnc machines because the keys are almost 100%
immune to a bit of swarf following the key down and wedging it down,
very dangerous when the machine is being jogged into position for the
next cut and doesn't stop when your finger is removed from a stuck key)
and 4 or 5 different rodents. Exasperating as can be. And dangerous
since some of the machines are strong enough to kill.

Post by gene heskett
Is there such a hotkey lock out in tbird?
Thank you all;

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.

[Stefan Monnier]

Well, i'll be typing along, have most assuredly not done a ctl+a, but all
the text will high light, and the next keystroke deletes it all. Sometimes

In Emacs we have the `view-lossage` command to see what keys have been
received recently so you can find out which funny key sequence you
accidentally typed.

I'd hope other environments provide something similar.


Stefan

[e***@gmx.us]

Well, i'll be typing along, have most assuredly not done a ctl+a, but all
the text will high light, and the next keystroke deletes it all. Sometimes

Maybe you have a touchpad and accidentally made the "select all" gesture by
brushing it when passing?

--
Driscoll's Observation: The product of the IQs of each member
of a tech-support conversation is a constant.

-- Michael Driscoll on ASR

[David Wright]

Post by gene heskett

So "some" shortcuts can be [...] disabled, but it doesn't tell you
how. But maybe if there is a particular hotkey that's causing a
problem, someone else might have had the same problem and written
an add-on you can look for?

Well, i'll be typing along, have most assuredly not done a ctl+a, but
all the text will high light, and the next keystroke deletes it all.
Sometimes I can recover with some undo's. Or the message goes away,
and half an hour later I notice there is an unsent msg in the outbox,
and it might be the disappeared msg, but not always. About 50% of the
time it might be a resurrection/read msg dated months ago. This
problem has survived 3 keyboards(this particular one is wired [ … ]

One course of action would be to use an add-on like exteditor,
by which you can use an editor of choice for composing your emails.
Obviously an editor without this SelectAll hotkey facility would be
preferable, like emacs for example. I wonder whether it would let
you use gedit (emails are always small files) or geany, which
I think you've used in the past.

[PS to Gene: just wondered whether you meant to reply only to
me on the subject of screen locking, rather than to the list]

Cheers,
David.

[gene heskett]

Post by David Wright

Post by gene heskett

So "some" shortcuts can be [...] disabled, but it doesn't tell you
how. But maybe if there is a particular hotkey that's causing a
problem, someone else might have had the same problem and written
an add-on you can look for?

Well, i'll be typing along, have most assuredly not done a ctl+a, but
all the text will high light, and the next keystroke deletes it all.
Sometimes I can recover with some undo's. Or the message goes away,
and half an hour later I notice there is an unsent msg in the outbox,
and it might be the disappeared msg, but not always. About 50% of the
time it might be a resurrection/read msg dated months ago. This
problem has survived 3 keyboards(this particular one is wired [ … ]

One course of action would be to use an add-on like exteditor,
by which you can use an editor of choice for composing your emails.
Obviously an editor without this SelectAll hotkey facility would be
preferable, like emacs for example. I wonder whether it would let
you use gedit (emails are always small files) or geany, which
I think you've used in the past.
[PS to Gene: just wondered whether you meant to reply only to
me on the subject of screen locking, rather than to the list]
Cheers,
David.

That is another thing that has been called to my attention. I clicked on
reply list. The address bar says it is. Is it?
Thanks.

Post by David Wright
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.

[gene heskett]

Post by David Wright

Post by gene heskett

So "some" shortcuts can be [...] disabled, but it doesn't tell you
how. But maybe if there is a particular hotkey that's causing a
problem, someone else might have had the same problem and written
an add-on you can look for?

Well, i'll be typing along, have most assuredly not done a ctl+a, but
all the text will high light, and the next keystroke deletes it all.
Sometimes I can recover with some undo's. Or the message goes away,
and half an hour later I notice there is an unsent msg in the outbox,
and it might be the disappeared msg, but not always. About 50% of the
time it might be a resurrection/read msg dated months ago. This
problem has survived 3 keyboards(this particular one is wired [ … ]

One course of action would be to use an add-on like exteditor,
by which you can use an editor of choice for composing your emails.
Obviously an editor without this SelectAll hotkey facility would be
preferable, like emacs for example. I wonder whether it would let
you use gedit (emails are always small files) or geany, which
I think you've used in the past.

geany yes, its solid as a rock, gedit has been removed from any system I
find it on after an install since way before wheezy. Its scrambled a
machines config file once too often. Rewriting a .hal file for linuxcnc
is not trivial. Once might be my typo, twice makes me pay attention, 4
time it sentenced me to rewrite an 800 line config from scratch, but I
first found an editor that just worked. That was geany. Or on arms,
nano. Maybe in the ensueing 15+ years gedit has been fixed but I've not
seen any discussion indicating gedit has been fixed, IDK & IDC. it
screwed me over 4 times, each time costing me a dead or wild machine for
several days. That violated my 3 strikes=out rule & I go hunting with rm..

Post by David Wright
[PS to Gene: just wondered whether you meant to reply only to
me on the subject of screen locking, rather than to the list]

This should go to the list.

Post by David Wright
Cheers,
David.
.

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.