Re: [rox-users] Re: [ANN] Keyboard 0.9.1

[Guido S. <__g...@we...>]

Am 18.06.2004 15:55:15 schrieb(en) Artem Baguinski:

> currently i use the following script to switch between russian /  
> polish / us layouts:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> case "$1" in
>     "ru")
>         setxkbmap \
>             "us+ru(phonetic)+inet(acpi)" \
>             -option "grp:menu_toggle,altwin:meta_win"
>         ;;
>     "pl")
>         setxkbmap \
>             "us+pl+inet(acpi)" \
>             -option "grp:menu_toggle,altwin:meta_win"
>         ;;
>     "*")
>         setxkbmap \
>             "us+inet(acpi)" \
>             -option "grp:menu_toggle,altwin:meta_win"
>         ;;
> esac
> 
> you can see i use nondefault russian layout and inet(acpi) extension  
> so i can use Power/sleep/wakeup keys. if i use Keyboard application  
> it'll forget my acpi altogether and only select Russian "jcuken"  
> layout. it'd be nice to be able to create custom layouts like mine in  
> a Keyboard.

Please have a look Options.xml! Adding a custom item there is not  
harder to do than your script. Is your custom layout very specific or  
potentially usefull for other Russians as well? In this case I would  
make it a default item. The list shouldn't grow too big though.

> also system tray indicator would be nice.

For people who need to switch layouts constantly a dedicated applet  
would be better. A xkb switcher applet doesn't yet exist for the ROX- 
Panel afaik and we needed it anyway. Any takers? For me there is little  
incentive as I don't have such needs.