Re: Can't disable "q" for quit

Hello,

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  Subject    : [MPlayer-users] Can't disable "q" for quit
  Message-ID : <[email protected]>
  Date & Time: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:14:02 +0200

[SA] == Stephane Ascoet <[email protected]> has written:

SA>  Hi,

SA>  I use Mplayer 1.2.1 on an old Debian on an antique computer. I
SA>  sometimes press "q" by mistake, so I'd like to disable it. I
SA>  commented the line "q quit" in input.conf, but no change!!! Is it
SA>  hard-coded in Mplayer?

The version of MPlayer you're using is too old.
Version 1.5 of MPlayer was released around February 2022, and the
current version is 'MPlayer 1.5.r38685-16 (C) 2000-2026 MPlayer Team'.

Generally speaking, in the open source community, they can only accept
questions regarding the current version, so please keep that in mind.

In any case, the "q" key exit function is hardcoded and cannot be
disabled by editing input.conf.

The most practical solutions are;

    1. to get into the habit of using the ESC key to exit,
or
    2. to rebuild from source code and remove the "q" key binding.

In the long term, I recommend considering a switch to mpv, which
offers more flexible configuration options.

However, installing mpv may be difficult on older Debian systems.

Best Regards.

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