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Edited (d67340b) at 2020-06-20 by ectlunya
SETTING THE KEYBOARD LAYOUT IN X
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Using setxkbmap
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First, install setxkbmap:
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| $ kiss b setxkbmap && kiss i setxkbmap |
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Available layouts can be found in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ and set from the
command line:
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| $ setxkbmap latam |
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Put the above command in ~/.xinitrc to load it whenever an X session is started.
Exiting xorg configuration files
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Create 00-keyboard.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and edit the Xkb* options
below to suit your needs. [0]
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| Section "InputClass" |
| Identifier "system-keyboard" |
| MatchIsKeyboard "on" |
| Option "XkbLayout" "de" |
| Option "XkbModel" "pc105" |
| Option "XkbVariant" ",qwertz" |
| Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" |
| EndSection |
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References
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[0] https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/doc/input/XKB-Config.html
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