Re: Keyboard layout options not working

[Efraim Flashner]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:48:11AM +0100, Lars Rustand wrote:
> Hello, I'm trying to set the keyboard-layout options in my system
> config. I have set the following:
> 
> -8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us,no" #:options '("grp:switch")))
> -8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> The above seems to have no effect. However, the same option works fine
> when used with setxkbmap like this:
> 
> -8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> setxkbmap us,no -option 'grp:switch'
> -8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> It also works fine if set in `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf`
> like this:
> 
> -8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier "system-keyboard"
>         MatchIsKeyboard "on"
>         Option "XkbLayout" "us,no"
>         Option "XkbOptions" "grp:switch"
> EndSection
> -8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I wouldn't mind getting the answer to this too.

I have my keyboard config set in my os-config and also in my
sway-config.  IIRC the keyboard-layout works really well in a TTY but
not always as well on the desktop.

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