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talk:howtos:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_i3 [2014/04/16 01:10 (UTC)] 23.74.9.221talk:howtos:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_i3 [2014/04/26 12:07 (UTC)] (current) sycamorex
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 xkeyboard-config and look at the change layout section) xkeyboard-config and look at the change layout section)
  
-setxkbmap -layout de,gb +    setxkbmap -layout de,gb 
-setxkbmap -option 'grp:ctrl_alt_toggle'+    setxkbmap -option 'grp:ctrl_alt_toggle'
  
 is particularly useful when you only have two layouts you want to toggle with ctrl-alt is particularly useful when you only have two layouts you want to toggle with ctrl-alt
  
 However with this setup setxkbmap will not give the "current" layout. However with this setup setxkbmap will not give the "current" layout.
-The only way I could find to do that was to use +The only way I could find to do that was to use xkblayout-state
- +
-xkblayout-state+
  
 The new i3script.sh is: (for i3bar output) The new i3script.sh is: (for i3bar output)
  
-#!/bin/bash +    #!/bin/bash 
- +    i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while : 
-i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while : +    do 
-do +            read line 
-        read line +            LG=$(xkblayout-state print %s) 
-        LG=$(xkblayout-state print %s) +            dat=" [{\"name\":\"layout\",\"full_text\":\"$LG\"}" 
-        dat=" [{\"name\":\"layout\",\"full_text\":\"$LG\"}" +            echo "${line/[{/$dat,{}" || exit 1 
-        #echo "${line/\]/$dat}" || exit 1 +    done
-        echo "${line/[{/$dat,{}" +
-       +
-done+
  
-NOTE: the original script that uses $!/bin/sh fails on some systems+NOTE: the original script that uses #!/bin/sh fails on some systems
 where the default shell is not bash where the default shell is not bash
  
 +Thank you for your comments/updates - I will update the article next week - I like the method you shown above.  --- //[[wiki:user:sycamorex|Marcin Herda]] 2014/04/20 15:52//
  
 +I had thought xkblayout-state was part of of stock Slackware. I'd rather keep everything with stock Slackware packages or packages avaiable through SB.org. I've just made a small change to shorten setxkbmap command as well as additional ways of changing layouts. --- //[[wiki:user:sycamorex|Marcin Herda]] 2014/04/26 04:41// 
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