On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hey folks, > > I am now writing my thesis, and have the genesis of some pretty significant > EMACs pinky. (I use my left pinky for the left ctrl most of the time, which > is > setting me up for failure.). > > To this end, I’d like to disable the left ctrl key only, and force my brain to > use the right one. Better yet, I’d like the screen to flash or something then > I inadvertently hit left-ctrl. > > Any thoughts? >
The following may be of some help: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=994066 According to that exchange, the following command should do the trick: $ xmodmap -e "remove Control = Control_L" Obviously, to make that permanent you should add it to your "~/.xsessionrc" or something similar. -- Nitebirdz http://www.sacredchaos.com/