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authorGravatar Antti Korpi2020-10-30 20:16:31 +0100
committerGravatar Antti Korpi2020-10-30 20:16:31 +0100
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Readme: Recommend stty for disabling terminal echo
Closes #3.
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@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Then just use your computer as usual. Interrupt signal (`C-c`) to quit.
- If you want to add timestamps to each line for logging purposes, I recommend
piping to the [moreutils package][4]'s `ts`. [These answers][5] feature
various other tools good for the purpose.
+ - If you only want to see key names when you press keys in the same terminal
+ where `xkbcat` is running, you can temporarily disable terminal echo with
+ `stty -echo && xkbcat`. (`stty` is in coreutils.)
### Programs for logging other X11 events