Disabling special keys

[Jim]

Thanks Brian and Matt for your help.

On 7/13/22 09:42, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Under system setting go to input devices and then keyboard.  Under the 
> keyboard settings click on the advanced tab and then check Configure 
> keyboard options.  Then scroll down to "Position of Compose key" and 
> expand that.  Then just select the key you want to use to access the 
> special characters "Left Win" if you want it to be the same as it was 
> in the past.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 7/12/22 22:41, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> I've got Kubuntu 20.04 and  there's no /usr/src/linux.    In /usr/src 
>> there are several directories with linux in the name, one is 
>> linux-headers-5.4.0-48.  In each one there's a drivers/hid directory, 
>> but I didn't find the maker of the keyboard.  I bought it off that 
>> website named after the big river in Brazil.  The brand  name was 
>> Nulea.  However, I did find a way to stop that key from annoying me 
>> when I hit it by accident.  I took the key off and removed that 
>> little bit of plastic that was under the key and replaced it.
>>
>> About a year ago, I  wanted to be able to access the degree (°) 
>> without launching an app to show  the seldom used characters then 
>> finding the one I wanted and copying it and pasting it.  I found a 
>> way to modify the windows key so if I hold it down while pressing o 
>> twice, I get °.   The problem is that I forgot how or where I found 
>> out how to do that.  Any idea how to do that? Thanks.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss