Where does InputEvent( ev[i]) get caught?

[RolandHughes]

If you don't want an X11 input event generated from a keyboard like device then you could tell X11 to ignore it from xorg.conf:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier      "Ignore barcode reader because I am reading it directly through /dev/input/eventx"
    MatchProduct    "Whizzo barcode reader"
    Option          "Ignore" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier      "Ignore barcode reader because I am reading it directly through /dev/input/eventx"
    MatchProduct    "Whizzo barcode reader"
    Option          "Ignore" "yes"
EndSection

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Looks like you should be able to intercept raw XEvents by installing a QCoreApplication::setEventFilter() (or QAbstractEventDispatcher::setEventFilter())

Thanks for your response. Was hoping to avoid xorg mod since other targets won't have xorg. Will play with event filter at core application level. Really wanted to get event _after_ translation to Unicode and _before_ it became a keypress event so I wouldn't have to recode the wheel. Will play with this today and see how it turns out.

Thanks again.