[xubuntu-users] switch keyboard layout

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

Thank you and Mr. Adsen.
However, I DO NOT follow you.
I do not understand, what I am supposed to do with all those programming 
like things.

Then again, since I am in the middle of installing 16.04 ... all this 
may not matter any longer ??

On 2016年05月10日 15:10, jules s wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm using both the german and the english keymapping on my machines. I 
> don't really know about special character languages like japanese 
> behave but I guess it should be the same, concidering the right 
> locales are activated and installed on your machine.
>
> Anyway, here's what I use in my $HOME/bin/ directory:
>
> :~$ cat bin/keyboard.sh
> #!/bin/bash
> # configure machine to use both the english and german keyboard layout
> # switch between layouts by pressing "roll"
> # glowing "roll-LED" indicates that the german layout is present
> setxkbmap -layout us,de              # setup two keyboard layouts. 
> 'us' will be the default
> setxkbmap -option grp:sclk_toggle    # switch between keyboard layouts 
> via scroll lock key
> setxkbmap -option grp_led:scroll     # indicate that I'm using the 
> alternative layout (de)
>
>
> 2016-05-09 18:00 GMT+02:00 Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no 
> <mailto:petter at synth.no>>:
>
>     On Tue, 10 May 2016 00:24:03 +0900
>     Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa at hb.tp1.jp <mailto:nyuwa at hb.tp1.jp>> wrote:
>
>     > Good morning
>     > (I was not able to recover the messed up installation the other day)
>     >
>     > Now I NEWLY (from scratch) installed xubuntu 15.10 (16.04 did not
>     > allow me to install ANY other language beside English).
>     > I am repeating the procedure now for the THIRD time, since both
>     > preceding very laborous and time consuming installations led to
>     > a blank black screen, where the ONLY possible action / activity was
>     > cutting the power.
>
>     15.10 goes EOL in three months.
>
>     > Now during the third attempt at installing the OS I am running again
>     > (I did experience this already before!) into other annoying
>     problems.
>     > Here in particular (since I have not yet gotten further than OS
>     > installation and update):
>     > I have (set) two keyboard layouts: Japanese + German.
>     > My customary switch is left Alt+Shift.
>     > I could set that, but EVERY TIME I restart the computer, this
>     setting
>     > is forgotten and has to be changed.
>     > Changed: change it to anything, it does not matter what. But
>     when the
>     > computer is turned off, this setting is lost.
>     >
>     > Is there any way to convince the computer, that it has to remember
>     > that setting?
>
>     Put '/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option grp:lalt_lshift_toggle' in
>     ~/.xsessionrc and log out and back in. See 'man xkeyboard-config' for
>     other options or alternative keybindings.
>
>     Petter
>
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