[REQUEST] Option to completely disable keyboard/mouse input in btop

[SupDos]

I'd like to be able to run btop permanently on a screen without worrying that someone might mess around in it or accidentally kill processes.

Describe the solution you'd like An option in btop.conf which disables all input in the program, therefore being able to run without worry.

[luigig44]

I have no idea whether this makes sense as a feature, but I can suggest a workaround using a small expect script:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f 
spawn -noecho btop
interact {
 \003 exit
 q {send q}
 -re .* {}
}

This will run btop, exit forcibly on Ctrl+C, forward only the 'q' command, and ignore any other input.

Usage: install expect, save the script as btop.exp with execute permission, and run it as ./btop.exp

[deckstose]

https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/pull/1402 gets you half way there.