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howtos:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_i3 [2012/09/25 04:28 (UTC)] – moved from the general howtos namespace mfillpothowtos:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_i3 [2014/04/26 12:09 (UTC)] – [Displaying the Active Layout in the Panel] sycamorex
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 ====i3 Window Manager==== ====i3 Window Manager====
  
-[[howtos:i3wm|i3wm]] does not come with stock Slackware. If you want to install this extremely configurable tiling window manager, please visit [[http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/desktop/i3/|SlackBuilds]]. Make sure you also install [[http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/desktop/i3status/|i3status]], which will let you display all sorts of useful information in a panel.+[[howtos:window_managers:i3wm|i3wm]] does not come with stock Slackware. If you want to install this extremely configurable tiling window manager, please visit [[http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/desktop/i3/|SlackBuilds]]. Make sure you also install [[http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/desktop/i3status/|i3status]], which will let you display all sorts of useful information in a panel.
  
 ====Setting the Keyboard Layout==== ====Setting the Keyboard Layout====
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 The contents of i3script.sh The contents of i3script.sh
  
-<code>#!/bin/sh+<code>#!/bin/bash
  
 # shell scipt to prepend i3status with more stuff # shell scipt to prepend i3status with more stuff
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 do do
         read line         read line
-        LG=$(setxkbmap -print | grep xkb_symbols | awk -F"+" '{print $2}') +        LG=$(setxkbmap -query | awk '/layout/{print $2}') 
         echo "LG: $LG | $line" || exit 1         echo "LG: $LG | $line" || exit 1
 done</code> done</code>
  
-The above will display the current keyboard layout before the standard i3status functions. Obviously you can add much more to [[howtos:i3wm#i3status|i3status]].+The above will display the current keyboard layout before the standard i3status functions. Obviously you can add much more to [[howtos:window_managers:i3wm#i3status|i3status]]. 
 + 
 +=== Using JSON output format (colors) === 
 +The method above uses the simplest output mode (text only). Although easier to use, it lacks color support. For that, you'll need JSON. 
 + 
 +Add the following property in your ''.i3status.conf'' 
 + 
 +<code>general { 
 +    output_format = i3bar 
 +}</code> 
 + 
 +And replace your ''i3script.sh'' for the code below. It displays your default language in green (in the example, ''br'') and any other language in red. 
 + 
 +<code>#!/bin/bash 
 + 
 +i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while : 
 +do 
 +    read line 
 +    LG=$(setxkbmap -query | awk '/layout/{print $2}') 
 +    if [ $LG == "br" ] 
 +    then 
 +        dat="[{ \"full_text\": \"LANG: $LG\", \"color\":\"#009E00\" }," 
 +    else 
 +        dat="[{ \"full_text\": \"LANG: $LG\", \"color\":\"#C60101\" }," 
 +    fi 
 +    echo "${line/[/$dat}" || exit 1 
 +done</code> 
  
 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====

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