On Thu, 18 Jul 2019, Harry Putnam wrote: [ . . . ] > Somewhere in the last few months my Debian OS has acquired an input > box on upper right of base window (in X) that appears to grab any key > presses aimed at the base window and print them in that small input > window. [ . . . ] > I wasn't able to tell which program it is by examining the autostart > programs ... can anyone tell me what that is that is running so I can > turn it off?
Look in the Settings for your windowing environment for keyboard shortcuts. Sometimes they are under a 'Keyboard' entry, sometimes under 'Window Manager', etc. I generally have to unbind some default settings in those config screens so I can rebind those key combos under xbindkeys. HTH, -- Brad