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Re: Xnest and keyboard layout
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
> Hello Alexander,
> thank you for as usual prompt and to the point
> answer.
> > it is configured either via a strange commandline
> > parameter -xkbmap or after start you can just
> > call "setxkbmap layoutcode" in xnest to set the
> > layout
>
> How can I find out what is the code of the layout
> currently enabled in host X server?
setxkbmap.exe -v
This will print the last xkb settings.
$ setxkbmap.exe -v
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: xfree86+aliases(qwertz)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc/pc(pc105)+pc/de(nodeadkeys)
geometry: pc(pc105)
important is the entry symbols:
pc/pc(pc105)+pc/de(nodeadkeys)
^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
model layout variant
to set this layout:
setxkbmap -model pc105 -variant nodeadkeys de
bye
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