switching between languages

monohouse · 12-01-2004, 12:30 PM

does anyone know a program that allows changing the current typing language ?
or maybe some other way of switching to another typed language ?

monohouse · 12-04-2004, 03:52 PM

huh ? nobody knows how to switch languages under linux ?

monohouse · 12-09-2004, 06:16 AM

are you serious ?

bathory · 12-09-2004, 06:30 AM

In the keyboard section of xorg.conf use something like:

Code:

Option "XkbLayout" "us,de,el"
Option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"

monohouse · 12-09-2004, 11:24 AM

thanks dude, but I don't have xorg.conf file anywhere in the system :\
these options look familiar from XF86Config, but it didn't work when I tried that :\
what are the options for xkblayout ?

monohouse · 12-09-2004, 11:53 AM

it seems I figured a way to use the commands you mentioned above, but after reading the manual for xfree86 I found this command : setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc105 -layout us,il -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle"

however this did not help me, and the laguage will not switch :\
any other suggestions ?
the funny thing is that I have the fonts, and they DO work cause I can see the other language when using Licq.
but I can't type it, wth ?

bathory · 12-09-2004, 05:23 PM

Quote:

what are the options for xkblayout ?

Thse are the languages you want to use (in my example: english, german, greek)
The "XKbOptions" are key combination used to toggle between the languages (in this case alt-shift)
I guess that the same thing does the setxkbmap command.

monohouse · 12-10-2004, 12:47 PM

yhe, but it doesn't work !

MuzikQuest · 12-10-2004, 01:08 PM

I have to switch between english, german and persian (farsi, arabic fonts)........ but haven't yet figured out a way to do this either. Every little bit of help would be highly appreciated :-)