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i can't change the layout under xfce it was pretty fine under kde, used to change it with ctrl+alt+k ,, and also i modified custom change with ctrl+space ,, but it wont work with xfce
and also i wanna know the the location of the directory like " ~/.kde/Autostart " for xfce.
From the Xfce forum: "You can try to install xfce4-xkb-plugin and to add it to your panel, it allows you to quickly change the current keyboard layout. The feature to add a keyboard shortcut to change among the layout added in xfce4-settings is planned for 4.10".
Alternatively you could try Xfce Settings -> Keyboard -> Application shortcuts -> Add -> Command: setxkbmap -layout fr (adjust as required) -> OK -> <press the key combination you want>
System settings is for KDE. You need to go to the Window Manager option in the Settings menu and choose the keyboard tab.
i can't find anything related to changing the layout there.
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Alternatively you could try Xfce Settings -> Keyboard -> Application shortcuts -> Add -> Command: setxkbmap -layout fr (adjust as required) -> OK -> <press the key combination you want>
it works fine , is there a way lemme toggle between the two layouts instead of assigning each one a shortcut !
is there a way lemme toggle between the two layouts instead of assigning each one a shortcut !
You could have a script that does the toggling and set the application shortcut to call the script. Unfortunately I cannot find a command that reports the current keymap. A workaround would be for the script to write a note of the last map it set which it could read to find out the current map and then set the other.
That is not very robust because, if the file is permanent, it has a 50% chance of indicating the wrong map on initialisation (logon? boot?). Ideally the file would be removed during initialisation. For interactive use that might be "good enough", especially if the script also flashed up a notification of which keyboard it had set.
@katkin i think changing kb layout is trivial n i don't need to write a script 4 it anyway and setxkbmap is good , but for additional info , can "scim" help here !!
@tribulation he is a shot of window manager's keyboard tab
i went through it all but i could not find a shortcut for changing layout so i can set, and also i can't add new shortcuts only modify.
i installed it, but i dont know where it's location to run it ,, how i can add it to the panel !
If you've installed it you should be able to right click on the panel, choose to add new item, and find it in the list. That's how it's worked for me, in any case.
Last edited by Tribulation; 08-14-2011 at 12:08 AM.
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