Quick layout switching [solved]

[Oracle911]

Because i need it.

[Z0K4]

Which layout? Keyboard? If that is so... what DE/WM are you using? If it's XFCE take a look at this

Or: If it is keyboard layout (generally) you could do next:

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cp /{usr/share,etc}/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-keyboard-layout.conf
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-keyboard-layout.conf

(You must be super user to edit those files)
Now under 'driver' section in that file put something like this:

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Option       "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
Option      "XkbLayout" "xx,yy"

Where xx is your primary and yy your secondary keyboard layout. Save the file and reboot. Now Alt+Shift should change your layout (really) quickly.

Note: if etc/X11/xorg.conf.d is empty copy just the 'Screen' section from /etc/X11/xorg.conf and put it in the new file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-screen.conf

Good luck.

[Oracle911]

Which layout? Keyboard? If that is so... what DE/WM are you using? If it's XFCE take a look at this


Good luck.

Yes this is it.

EDIT: How can i check the dependencies?
EDIT2: It seems like it is installed, but somehow i can't ad it to my panel, because i can't find it.

[Oracle911]

Still asking this:

EDIT2: It seems like it is installed, but somehow i can't ad it to my panel, because i can't find it.

[thenktor]

I don't have XFCE here, but it should be something like: right click on the panel -> add new plugin.

[mimosa]

In this case it's probably fine to have taken it directly from that link, but it's a good idea to get into the habit of checking

1) the repos (gslapt/slapt-get)

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root[vanilla]# slapt-get --search xfce4-xkb-plugin
xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.5.3.3-i486-3gv [inst=no]: xfce4-xkb-plugin (keyboard layout applet for xfce)

2) SRC (sourcery/slapt-src)

and only then

3) cautiously looking elsewhere.

If you do it in that order, it will not only be less work, it is also more likely to fit in with your system.

And maybe you should read up a bit on how xfce works , though it's generally fairly intuitive between right clicking and configuration items on the menu.

[Oracle911]

Thank you, you helped a lot, but what is the route to its launch file?
Because i can't find it in /usr/bin.

[mimosa]

It's very possible that if you installed it from the repos, it would integrate itself with the desktop without your needing to do anything - so you could try that.

I just did so:

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#slapt-get -i xfce4-xkb-plugin

and then looked for it like this:

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find / -name xfce4-xkb-plugin*

(where the * is a wildcard, as I expect you know)

I suspect the correct path is:

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/usr/libexec/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin

but the way you installed it may have put it somewhere else, or that may not in fact be the executable. I suggest first try that path and see what happens, then try installing from the repos using slapt-get. I'm not using xfce so can't be sure.

[Oracle911]

Tried the path, nothing happened.

[mimosa]

So try looking for it with find. You may see something similar. If not, your best bet is to install from the repos, and you may not need to do anything (reboot though).