-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-08-28 23:33, Ivan wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/25/2016 01:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Hi, its more than three years later now, but it seems this >> problem is still unsolved. I am unable to switch between >> keyboard layouts in personal VM. I am not programmer, I am just >> regular person who would love to be able to send email in >> different language using Qubes. Could you, please, explain in >> layman terms how can I activate different layout so it really >> works? Thank you very much for your exceptional work on this OS. >> Solving this detail would make big difference in usability of >> Qubes for me and others who are not computer geeks. With best >> regards Martin > > the following workaround has been working well for me for many > years, in stock fedora and now in Qubes: in a terminal in dom0, > type the following (obviously replace the bg(phonetic) version > with whatever layout you're using) > > setxkbmap -layout "us,bg(phonetic)" -option "grp:shifts_toggle" > > then you'll be able to press both shift keys to switch the layout > in specific VMs. > > you can automate this by putting this line in a script called by > the window manager during startup. > > caveats: - no layout notification; not a problem for me, if you > don't remember which layout you've enabled, in the worst case > you'll type a letter, see that you're in the wrong layout, press > both shift keys, and continue. It takes 1 second. - my biggest > gripe: when the screensaver kicks in (xscreensaver here), there's > no way to know in which layout you're typing your password. Typing > your English password with - say - Cyrillic letters will obviously > fail, so you'll have to press both shift keys and try again. > > hope this helps > > ivan > > PS: copy/pasted in issue #1396 (I wasn't even aware of that > issue). >
Thanks for sharing this, Ivan! - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXw9kUAAoJENtN07w5UDAwnEsP/3a+5jU1H+p3q7eX0lhG9rd7 tS9M4HbG9Gsj4JFmAJLMS23mhkLZCuJbG/N6JyuYyBKPDhVSlIdXbj2aIEZCLweA NXKkyaR/1Wpt94MSFvzU1zOum4iKLrot3JT98rk7Lwj0k2Ye/VhIpLcUkv4PGGVQ XU0CMMAQ2xJNIl0trHiXDSjM9VNcLLHbePZyaxveZiZa8AYiD91lXeP8Vi/Zro5T 86z02gFBKHgNIZvVDAddCpG7l38Lgup7G9uZOaCDNHQ1eKGRvTaM91ZOc9bXrDRq Kn1kykEZSG+5WFQFEs5c14qm9BEmDJXERe8OtHYwknhBk3Btufxdsh3vA8AnZW5+ IxYbUbMMvhwqEqF85JRSgcItOfcLTIossRirtiZVQ1BQOcVS9Y1MhpoFDjkqCzKy 42FIvgTV+RPPxrUpwZQesLMilwCepYwkcylLL2SF/OC2mg0z8N5CEkvu2zphcbjr jshz66yroHomhXNVz+AaCMqEVqNRyMtGwC0eu5/79Etnj9H7WbGnK9aEwF4RzfDu dnp5xam/8r/BurJYACUK2mBOXwsOWQQ9h1SeqU03XCnVAC/7V2wA/jcxE9bNg+Qo T8TKExRCYYQJeWN4FZM3DEdcEearf0eFNscJypda9DnztGHOHnIhMPH8pt7uE8O+ KprHx7KjfYsXRaPmaL0z =nGRj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/3b38c0aa-ea71-de72-bb8a-4f79aad9a26d%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
