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howtos:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_i3 [2013/05/21 18:06 (UTC)] – Added JSON output format example iomartinhowtos:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_i3 [2014/04/26 12:09 (UTC)] – [Displaying the Active Layout in the Panel] sycamorex
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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>
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 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. 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/sh+<code>#!/bin/bash
  
 i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while : i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while :
 do do
     read line     read line
-    LG=$(setxkbmap -print | grep xkb_symbols | awk -F"+" '{print $2}')+    LG=$(setxkbmap -query | awk '/layout/{print $2}')
     if [ $LG == "br" ]     if [ $LG == "br" ]
     then     then

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