Git-Mirrors/Qubes-Community-Content
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents.git synced 2024-10-01 01:05:51 -04:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

more fixes

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
taradiddles 2018-04-06 11:09:57 +03:00
parent 72b25d11d7
commit fa804985d3
1 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

8
docs/localization/keyboard-multiple-layouts.md
View File

@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ Alternatively, you could add the `setxkbmap` command to your profile's `.bashrc`
Alternative setups
------------------
- Configuring a keyboard shortcut in dom0 that would issue `qvm-run vname 'setxkbmap ...'` to the VM whose window is under the mouse pointer (using `xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow`) ). This is a bit convoluted and `qvm-run` is sometimes slow when the system is under heavy I/O usage, so the layout switch doesn't happen immediately which is annoying.
- Change the layout in dom0 with `setxkbmap`. This isn't optimal because:
- there's no way to know which layout is used when typing the screensaver's password
- Configure a keyboard shortcut in dom0 that would run `qvm-run vname 'setxkbmap ...'`, where the VM is the one whose window is under the mouse pointer (using `xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow`) ). An advantage is that it doesn't require tweaking VMs or templates, but this is a bit convoluted and `qvm-run` is sometimes slow when the system is under heavy I/O usage, so the layout switch doesn't happen immediately which is annoying.
- Change the layout with `setxkbmap` *only in dom0*. This isn't optimal because:
- there is no way to know which layout is used when typing the password in the xscreensaver's password field.
- sometimes the keyboard layout would not be propagated to one of the VMs, requiring a reboot of the VM.
- Once Qubes OS gains support for keyboard layout propagation from dom0 to VMs (see [this official issue](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1396)) the desktop environment's keyboard layout switcher (eg. Xfce Keyboard Layout switcher) could be used instead of `setxkbmap`. It is not clear however if this solution won't have the same issues when running `setxkbmap` in dom0 as above.
- Once Qubes OS gains support for keyboard layout propagation from dom0 to VMs (see [this official issue](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1396)) the desktop environment's keyboard layout switcher (eg. Xfce Keyboard Layout switcher) could be used instead of `setxkbmap`. It is not clear however if this solution won't have the same issues as above.
- Change the layout in dom0 with `localectl`: it's a no-go as it requires a reboot