Jhee, is there really no GUI editor for creating XKB layouts that can be easily built or installed in 2023?

https://github.com/vgresak/keyboard-layout-editor

https://github.com/simos/keyboardlayouteditor

Maybe I should try to write a #nix package for one of them? Maybe that's too hard for a newbie like me.

Note I want to thoroughly customize the layout (including dead keys etc), not just swap a couple of keys.

#linux #xkb #NixOS

Change default keyboard layout for virtual terminal #keyboard #2204 #xorg #keyboardlayout #xkb

https://askubuntu.com/q/1475875/612

These commands (setxkbmap and xcape) are in .profile but are not being executed on login #2204 #shortcutkeys #xorg #profile #xkb

https://askubuntu.com/q/1470596/612

Can't boot after editing /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc #boot #xkb

https://askubuntu.com/q/1465014/612

Ich nutze gern mein #split #keyboard Mistel MD770RGB im ANSI-Layout, aber konfiguriert als ISO-DE.
Einziger Nachteil: Die fehlende "<>|"-Taste neben dem LSHIFT.
Lösung: COMPOSE-Key auf die (wirklich überflüssige) RCTRL-Taste mit #vim -like keycodes:

- RCTRL + vl = "vertical line"
- RCTRL + gt = "greater than"
- RCTRL + lt = "less than"

#xkb #splitkeyboard #swaywm

Need help converting Xmodmap to XKB #keyboard #xmodmap #xkb

https://askubuntu.com/q/1461502/612

Why is Yiddish keyboard layout not shipped with Ubuntu? #keyboardlayout #xkb #hebrew

https://askubuntu.com/q/1461390/612

Where should `setxkbmap us_programmer` go to make it persistent? #profile #xkb

https://askubuntu.com/q/1460123/612

Оскільки не знайшов готової - зробив свою розкладку #latynka клавіатури.
Сторінка проекту https://gitlab.com/radio_rogal/latynka-kbd та на правовірному https://github.com/radio-rogal/latynka-kbd

Поки що реалізовано лише под #XKB. В планах консольний варіант под Linux, зробити пакети під інші дістри крім #ArchLinux, зробити розкладку під MacOS за прикладом https://github.com/DmytroStepaniuk/LatynkaUA.bundle, а потім можливо і під вінду, андроід, iOS.

One of the best linux customizations I ever did for myself is turn caplocks into a level 3 shift and set lvl3 + spacebar to output an underscore. Making_snake_case_1_million_times_easier_and_faster.

also lvl3 + hjkl are set to arrow keys,
<> are ←→,
and lvl3 + a activates (toggles) the capslock so no functionality is truly lost.

all using just a custom xkb configuration that works between xorg and wayland

#LinuxW #LinuxRocks #KeyboardCustomization #xkb #wayland #xorg #linux

Handling of #xkb sometimes reaches the states that must be unreachable in the state machine I described in my file for #xkbcomp. I only change MouseKeys and Overlay1 by toggling them together in the LockControls() action, but sometimes somehow I reach the opposite states of these two controls. Is xkb handling non-transactional or something?
#linux #x11 #xorg

Handling of #xkb sometimes reaches the states that must be unreachable in the state machine I described in my file for #xkbcomp. I only change MouseKeys and Overlay1 by toggling them together in the LockControls() action, but sometimes somehow I reach the opposite states of these two controls. Is xkb handling non-transactional or something?
#linux #x11 #xorg

I'm repeatedly getting this message in /var/log/Xorg.0.log :

[158231.387] (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) executing '"/usr/bin/xkbcomp" -w 1 "-R/usr/share/X11/xkb" -xkm "-" -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" "/var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm"'
[158231.387] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap

What can be the reason?

#linux #x11 #xkb

Самым простым вариантом оказалось хакнуть /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/typo напрямую: выбросить ненужные символы, добавить нужные. Теперь можно жить. Ну и ждать апдейтов, когда всё сбросится, да.

#lang_ru #linux #xkb

Суть такова:

XKBOPTIONS="grp:sclk_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,misc:typo,lv3:ralt_switch,nbsp:level3n,keypad:oss"

Жаль, что misc:typo конфликтует с esperanto:qwerty и эсперантские символы приходится через compose набирать.

#lang_ru #linux #xkb