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Where is Xkb getting its configuration?
Is there a way to query where xkb is getting its configuration from?
Under ArchLinux I have /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf with
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
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Change behaviour of the modifier keys system-wide
I’d want to make modifier keys (control, alt, shift, meta, super, lv3_switch) to act like usual keys, I mean, without holding one of them to perform associated key combination. Say C-x M-1 can by ...
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Mapping Super Keys to Control without Xmodmap
I've been attempting to switch my super and control keys in X on a macbook and have been half successful. I'd like to avoid creating a custom .Xmodmap if possible, as there is a temporary 100% cpu bug ...
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Create and set custom keyboard layout
I want to create and set a custom keyboard layout with setxkbmap. I created a file in ~/.xkb/prog with this content:
partial default alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
include "latin(type4)"
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Other than Alt + Shift to switch keyboard layout, any other Xorg key combinations?
All I can find about XkbOptions was:
Option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
Seems I can only use alt+shift combination to switch keyboard layout, any other keys that I can use ?
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Custom xkb layout in which one key creates two unicode code points
I am writing a new custom keyboard layout for Xorg, but there is one particular glyph which does not exist in Unicode. It is, however, easy to create it by using a standard letter plus a combining ...
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Why does the setxkbmap compose key mess with other keys?
I just found a tip to set the compose key manually:
setxkbmap -option compose:caps
Unfortunately, after running this several keypresses act as if the compose key had been pressed. For example, to ...
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Is there a way to remap the AltGr key to Ctrl with setxkbmap?
I've already checked the option section in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst but I didn't find an entry for AltGr...
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How do you configure numpad keys using XKB?
I haven't figured out how you configure XKB to use the numpad yet. I found the following in the "us" file.
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
name[Group1]= "USA";
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How to put some keyboard layout aside from layout switching ring?
An exact thing I need is to
switch between Russian and English layout with my favorite shortcut (namely Shift-CapsLock)
switch to Belarusian layout with another shortcut (say, Ctrl-RightShift, but ...
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How do I get current keyboard layout?
I'm wondering is there any command line tool, that returns current keyboard layout.
I have XkbLayout set to us, ru.
Update: setxkbmap returns layout settings, not selected layout. E.g.:
$ setxkbmap ...
