My goal is to create a keyboard map that I can switch via the GUI (here gnome on Ubuntu 19.10, but I have also tried with Xfce and got the same problem, so I am assuming this is xkb rather than Gnome/Xfce related).
Process:
I've placed a symbols file in /usr/share/x11/kbd/symbols, let's call it enT. (The file is available here https://github.com/bjohas/Ubuntu-keyboard-map-like-OS-X/blob/master/maps/enT, but I believe the actual content of the file makes no difference, hence not reproduced here.)
I can change the keyboard layout by using
setxkbmap enT
which works as expected.
I've also added a variant entry referring to enT to evdev.xml, which means that the map now appears in the GUI as an available keyboard map. However, when I select the map from the GUI, it doesn't work.
My suspicion is that just placing the new map into /usr/share/x11/kbd/symbols and making the change to evdev.xml isn't sufficient, but that I perhaps need to create a fuller description and place that somewhere?
E.g. is there something I should be doing with the output of setxkbmap enT -print, which gives?
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+enT+inet(evdev)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};
Any help appreciated!
xkbcomp.setxkbmap us -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAYis a special case but it shows the two steps. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/546630/… I got 100 bonus point. for nothing much, just to give you an impression what to expect on XKB questions here.