Hi,
If I change keyboard layout with setxkbmap uk (or any non-English layout) all i3 and all other shortcuts get broken. Even Ctrl+D not passed to the terminal.
What is the right way to change keyboard layout?
The right way is to change your layout, delete your config, then run i3-config-wizard to generate a new one based on your layout.
If you frequently switch layouts, the other option is to use bindcode instead of bindsym and not use keysyms (that change with layouts) in your config at all.
The problem was not with i3 itself but rather with setxkbmap options. Working solution for multiple layout would be to include the following line in ~/.i3/config:
exec setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle "us,ua" -option grp_led:caps
Also, a Ruby script to get current language (e.g. to display in i3 bar):
def lang
case `xset -q | grep -A 0 LED | cut -c59-67`
when /^0+$/
'En'
when /1/
'Uk'
end
end
Asked: 2013-04-21 12:39:28 +0000
Seen: 1,137 times
Last updated: Apr 24 '13
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