Re: Xorg and my laptop

Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:44:58 -0800

Dear Alexis,

I uses the following code for rc.lua of 3.5:
////////////////////////////////////////////
   kbdcfg = {}
    kbdcfg.cmd = "setxkbmap"
    kbdcfg.layout = { { "us"," " }, { "ir"," " } }
    kbdcfg.current = 1 -- us is our default layout
    kbdcfg.widget = wibox.widget.textbox()
    kbdcfg.widget:set_text(" " .. kbdcfg.layout[kbdcfg.current][2] .. " ")
    kbdcfg.switch = function ()
       kbdcfg.current = kbdcfg.current % #(kbdcfg.layout) + 1
       local t = kbdcfg.layout[kbdcfg.current]
       kbdcfg.widget.text = kbdcfg.widget:set_markup(t)
       os.execute( kbdcfg.cmd .. " " .. t[1] .. " " .. t[2] )
    end

    -- Mouse bindings
    kbdcfg.widget:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
        awful.button({ }, 1, function() kbdcfg.switch() end )
    ))
-- Alt + Right Shift switches the current keyboard layout
    awful.key({ "Mod1" }, "Shift_R", function() kbdcfg.switch() end )
-- Mouse bindings

-- Add widget to your layout
local right_layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal() --init an layout with wibox widget
local layout = wibox.layout.align.horizontal() --init another layout
layout:set_right(right_layout)
right_layout:add(kbdcfg.widget)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
My awesome is 3.5 and rc.lua doesn't any error with -k .

Regards,
Mohsen

On 12/05/2014 12:12 PM, Alexis Brenon wrote:

Hi,

Of course, I send you the link for the latest default awesomerc.lua wich only work for awesome 3.5 !
I agree with you, the Awesome API doc is sometime incomplete or cryptic, but I remember that someone start to fix this (see the mailing list archives).

So, sorry, I don't really understand your message but, does all work well, or have you got any error again ?

Just some advice for your code :

replace kbdcfg.widget.text = t with kbdcfg.widget:set_markup(t)

replace your function in awful.key and awful.button :
function () kbdcfg.switch() end become kbdcfg.switch
No more needed as your function doesn't require any arguments. it increases the readability.

Regards,

Alexis
Le Thu Dec 04 2014 at 20:41:58, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh <moh...@pahlevanzadeh.org> a écrit :
Oh by the way, i find api ref now.
On 12/02/2014 11:37 AM, Alexis Brenon wrote:
Hi Mohsen,

The { Mod1 }, Shift_R stand for the Alt modifier plus the Shift key, but the right one, not the left one.
To make sure that the right keys are detected, you can use the xev program (see the ArchLinux wiki page for a quick guide). You can also add a notification in your switch function to see if it is called :

kbdcfg.switch = function ()
naughty.notify({text = "Keyboard layout switch"})
kbdcfg.current = kbdcfg.current % #(kbdcfg.layout) + 1
local t = " " .. kbdcfg.layout[kbdcfg.current] .. " "
kbdcfg.widget.text = t
os.execute( kbdcfg.cmd .. t )
end

Just a question : after defining your awful.key (your key binding, which is, moreover, defined twice), did you add it to root.keys ? https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/blob/master/awesomerc.lua.in#L347

Regards,

Alexis
Le Mon Dec 01 2014 at 20:43:52, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh <moh...@pahlevanzadeh.org> a écrit :
On 12/01/2014 11:49 AM, Alexis Brenon wrote:

Hi Mohsen,

Frome here, I don't see any particular error in your code or anything. But maybe you can start by remove some useless parts which can interact with others or whatever.

Firstly, in your xorg.conf file, remove the line :

> Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle"

I commented at xorg.

This line, allow you to switch layouts with the shift keys, but without any interaction with Awesome (so your widget will not be updated), it's not what you want, but it can interfere.

Then, as you define your layout in the xorg.conf file, you don't need to use

> setxkbmap us,fa

in your xinit.rc file. When X starts, it reads the xorg.conf file and so this line is useless.

I remove it from ~/.xinitrc
Finally, you say that you can't change to persian language, but I see 3 layouts in your kbdcfg.layouts. Can you change between us and fa, but not to Persian, or you can't change at all. In both cases, try to execute manually the commands in your terminal, maybe setxkbmap will report you an error (missing the -layout option, unrecognized layout name, etc.).

Just to finnish ; it's now recommended to not use the xorg.conf file, but the xorg.conf.d/ folder with one file for each device.

Hopping that it will help you.

Regards,

Alexis
Le Mon Dec 01 2014 at 03:21:46, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh <moh...@pahlevanzadeh.org> a écrit :
Dear all,

I migrate to awesome, But may be awesome depend on X, At first i provided xorg.conf with:
Xorg -configure

Then i changed InputClass such as :
///////////////////////////////////
   Section "InputClass"
       Identifier      "keyboard0"
       Driver          "evdev"
       #MatchIsKeyboard "on"
       Option     "XkbModel"    "evdev"
       # Switch between layouts by pressing both shift keys
       Option     "XkbLayout"   "us,fa"
       Option     "XkbOptions"  "grp:shifts_toggle"
   EndSection
////////////////////////////////
Then :
cp /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua ~/.config/awesome/
Add the following change to it:
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
-- Keyboard map indicator and changer
    kbdcfg = {}
    kbdcfg.cmd = "setxkbmap"
    kbdcfg.layout = { "us", "fa", "Persian" }
I change abobe line to :

kbdcfg.layout = { "us", "fa"}

kbdcfg.current = 1 -- us is our default layout
    kbdcfg.widget = widget({ type = "textbox", align = "right" })
    kbdcfg.widget.text = " " .. kbdcfg.layout[kbdcfg.current] .. " "
    kbdcfg.switch = function ()
       kbdcfg.current = kbdcfg.current % #(kbdcfg.layout) + 1
       local t = " " .. kbdcfg.layout[kbdcfg.current] .. " "
       kbdcfg.widget.text = t
       os.execute( kbdcfg.cmd .. t )
    end
   -- Alt + Right Shift switches the current keyboard layout
    awful.key({ "Mod1" }, "Shift_R", function () kbdcfg.switch() end),
    -- Mouse bindings
    kbdcfg.widget:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
        awful.button({ }, 1, function () kbdcfg.switch() end)
    ))
     -- end by me
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Also i add the folloiwoing section to layout:
/////////////////////////
right_layout:add(kbdcfg.widget)
//////////////////////////////////////////

Then i create a ~.xinitrc and pu into it:
//////////////////////////////////
#!/bin/sh
setxkbmap us,fa
///////////////////////////////
Also i put into the following code in rc.lua:
////////////////////////////////////////////
awful.key({ "Mod1" }, "Shift_R", function () kbdcfg.switch() end),
//////////////////////////////////////////////
I "have to" learn lua, But i don't know above line (define hot key,) What's key binding for changing layout?
mod+shift+R?
How can i find out which hotkey active is?

--Regard

Mohsen
But i can't change my keyboard language to persian language, how can i do it?
Where's my problem?
Please give me a link from key codes....

--Regards
Mohsen
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