On Sun, 2026-02-01 at 16:43 +0100, Uwe Koloska wrote:
> Am 01.02.26 um 05:01 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> > What am I missing?
> use the -option flag with an empty argument first.
Vielen Dank, Uwe.
Problem solved [1].
I must admit that I only skimmed through the man pages to find the
“kpdl:” options and did not read tldr, but it's not mentioned there at
all [2].
The best part is that in my case, I don't even have to set kpdl:comma
[3].
Regards,
Ralf
[1] • rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -query
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: de
options: kpdl:dot,kpdl:comma
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -option
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -query
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: de
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -option kpdl:comma
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -query
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: de
options: kpdl:comma
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ #,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
[2] • rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ tldr setxkbmap
setxkbmap
Set the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension.
More information: https://manned.org/setxkbmap.
- Set the keyboard in French AZERTY:
setxkbmap fr
- Set multiple keyboard layouts, their variants and switching
option:
setxkbmap -layout us,de -variant ,qwerty -option
'grp:alt_caps_toggle'
- List all layouts:
localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts
- List variants for the layout:
localectl list-x11-keymap-variants de
- List available switching options:
localectl list-x11-keymap-options | grep grp:
- Display help:
setxkbmap -help
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ tldr xkeyboard-config
`xkeyboard-config` documentation is not available.
If you want to contribute it, feel free to send a pull request to:
https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
[3] • rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -option kpdl:dot
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ #....
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ setxkbmap -option
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ #,,,,
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ grep xkbmap .bashrc
alias punkt='setxkbmap -option kpdl:dot'
alias komma='setxkbmap -option'
