Mikael Jansson <m...@mikael.jansson.be> writes: > In Ubuntu I added my custom Swedish xkbd by patching the system > keyboard settings in /usr/share/X11/xkb/{symbols/se,rules/evdev.xml}. > It then works with the standard Xorg keyboard switching utilities. I > use GNOME together with StumpWM but that should not make a > difference.
Where do you specify the group toggle? My custom us layout and the colemak variant are all under /usr/share/X11/xkb, but Arch tells you to set keyboard options in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. Where do you set yours? > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Eric Abrahamsen < > e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > > > David Bjergaard <dbjerga...@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> Hi Eric, > >> > >> Are you running setxkbmap in .xinitrc or .stumpwmrc? It may > work if you > >> put it in .xinitrc before the 'exec stumpwm' line. > >> > >> Dave > > > > I set it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf > > > > Section "InputClass" > > Identifier "system-keyboard" > > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > > Option "XkbLayout" "us,local_us" > > Option "XkbVariant" ",colemak" > > Option "XkbOptions" > > "compose:menu,ctrl:nocaps,lv3:ralt_alt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:shifts_toggle,altwin:hyper-win" > > EndSection > > > > It used to be (~six months ago and earlier) that if I set it > like above, > > with a toggle, then toggling it would only last until I > switched > > windows. BUT, if I set it directly with a shell command: > > > > setxkbmap -variant colemak > > > > Then it would 'stick', more or less. When I went to try it > again a week > > or so ago, I found that even setting it with the above > invocation > > doesn't work -- it still reverts to qwerty any time I switch > windows. > > > > There have been several major updates to Arch's Xorg package > recently, I > > can only imagine that's where the difference has come from. But > really, > > who knows. > > > > I just tried editing 00-keyboard.conf so that it set colemak > directly, > > by taking the grp directive out, and setting layout and variant > directly > > to local_us and colemak. That didn't work at all: everything > started in > > qwerty, and stayed in qwerty. I have no idea why. > > > > I suppose I could try installing a desktop environment and > using Stump > > within that. Otherwise, I don't even know where to start > debugging > > this... > > Hours after writing this, Arch pushed out more major Xorg updates > -- got > to love this distribution. Anyway, setting colemak via > 00-keyboard.conf > now works as it's meant to, but I can't make it "stick" any other > way. > It's not switching windows that kills it: the first invocation of > the > prefix key resets the XKB variant to qwerty. I'm still inclined > to blame > CLX, but am still in the dark. > > >> Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> > >>> Milan Zamazal <p...@debian.org> writes: > >>> > >>>> Other complaints from Debian users concern non-ASCII or > Dvorak input in > >>>> Stumpwm, e.g.: > >>>> > >>>> It is not possible to input cyrillic characters into > stumpwm prompts, > >>>> so it is not possible to exec programs with cyrillic > arguments. > >>>> > >>>> What can be done about it? It's probably more problem of > CLX than of > >>>> Stumpwm, is there any way to get working support for XKB > input in SBCL > >>>> and CLISP? > >>> > >>> Possibly faintly related: I've never gotten xkb keyboard > layouts to work > >>> while using Stump. If I switch to colemak with a setxkbmap > invocation > >>> (or trigger keys), it is reset to qwerty the next time I > switch windows. > >>> > >>> I also suspect CLX. I left a note on the sharplispers/clx > github page > >>> (since that seems to be the implementation I'm using, via > quicklisp), > >>> but haven't heard anything. > >>> > >>> Anyway, if anyone digs into this issue, you might help me > keep an eye > >>> out for this issue as well... > >>> > >>> Eric > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Stumpwm-devel mailing list > >>> Stumpwm-devel@nongnu.org > >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stumpwm-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Stumpwm-devel mailing list > Stumpwm-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stumpwm-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Stumpwm-devel mailing list > Stumpwm-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stumpwm-devel _______________________________________________ Stumpwm-devel mailing list Stumpwm-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stumpwm-devel