> Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-22 19:09 (UTC-0500): > ... > > 4. This laptop I'm borrowing is notorious for having a hyper-sensitive touch > > pad. You can be typing along in the spot you have chosen for input and > > suddenly > > it gets a wild hair and relocates the cursor to somewhere else. As a hunt > > and > > peck typist, I've been victimized many times by this and had to undo and > > start > > over. The new insertion point is unpredictable AFAICT.
Perhaps you need to investigate syndaemon. This disables the Synaptics touchpad whenever a key is struck. The disabled period is configurable, so if I type $ syndaemon -i 1 into any old Xterm, the cursor will be dead for one second after any key is struck. You can set it up in the background with -d and put it in .xsession or equivalent. The only downside is if you're adept at two-handed work with cursor and keystrokes, but bear in mind that any attached mouse is unaffected. Cheers, David.
