Disable xinput automatically..

README.md

@@ -44,11 +44,16 @@ The Shuttle acts as a mouse when you plug it into Ubuntu. Disable it with:
     "Mouse2"        id=3    [XExtensionKeyboard]
 
     # Disable with:
-    $ xinput set-int-prop 2 "Device Enabled" 8 0
+    $ xinput disable 2
 
 Ref: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/91075/how-to-disable-keyboard
 
 
+## Run
+
+With:
+
+    sudo shuttle-go /dev/input/by-id/usb-Contour_Design_ShuttlePRO_v2-event-if00
 
 TODO
 ----

main.go

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(10)
 	}
 
+	go disableXInputPointer()
+
 	// X-window title change watcher
 	watcher := NewWindowWatcher()
 	if err := watcher.Setup(); err != nil {
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 	go watcher.Run()
 
 	// Virtual keyboard
-	vk, err := uinput.CreateKeyboard("/dev/uinput", []byte("Shuttle Pro V2"))
+	vk, err := uinput.CreateKeyboard("/dev/uinput", []byte("Go Virtual Shuttle Pro V2"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Can't open dev:", err)
 	}

xinput.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var xinputDevices = []*regexp.Regexp{
+	regexp.MustCompile(`↳ Contour Design ShuttlePRO v2\s+id=(\d)\s`),
+}
+
+func disableXInputPointer() {
+	for {
+		cnt, err := exec.Command("xinput", "list").Output()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Couldn't list xinput:", err)
+			goto end
+		}
+
+		for _, dev := range xinputDevices {
+			matches := dev.FindStringSubmatch(string(cnt))
+			if matches == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			id := matches[1]
+			fmt.Println("Disabling XInput id:", id)
+			if err := exec.Command("xinput", "disable", id).Run(); err != nil {
+				log.Println("Couldn't disable xinput device:", err)
+				goto end
+			}
+		}
+
+	end:
+		time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
+	}
+}