Merge pull request #781 from brttbndr/ignore-karabiner-kbs

Mac: ignore keyboards named "Karabiner ..."
kmonad · Jan 12, 2024 · 5f1f9cd · 5f1f9cd
2 parents 1c4641f + 9858c94
commit 5f1f9cd
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/c_src/mac/keyio_mac.hpp b/c_src/mac/keyio_mac.hpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void open_matching_devices(char *product, io_iterator_t iter) {
             return;
         }
     }
-    CFStringRef cfkarabiner = CFStringCreateWithCString(kCFAllocatorDefault, "Karabiner VirtualHIDKeyboard", CFStringGetSystemEncoding());
+    CFStringRef cfkarabiner = CFStringCreateWithCString(kCFAllocatorDefault, "Karabiner ", CFStringGetSystemEncoding());
     if(cfkarabiner == NULL) {
         print_iokit_error("CFStringCreateWithCString");
         if(product) {
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ void open_matching_devices(char *product, io_iterator_t iter) {
             print_iokit_error("IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty");
             continue;
         }
-        bool match = (CFStringCompare(cfcurr, cfkarabiner, 0) != kCFCompareEqualTo);
+
+        // any device named "Karabiner ..." should be ignored
+        bool match = !CFStringHasPrefix(cfcurr, cfkarabiner);
         if(product) {
             match = match && (CFStringCompare(cfcurr, cfproduct, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo);
         }