On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:08:34 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said:
> Ok, sorry for being a noob, but I need some help. > > My xkb-keymap looks like nothing in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules > All docs I find about xkb-keymap talk about making the file I made and > loading it. > None talk about editing /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst which looks > like a different format altogether. i have no idea - i've never gone and crated custom xkb layouts. as i said... you're the first i have heard of to have done this. sure - multiple people may have done it, but it's incredibly rare - at least in my experience. > I'm starting to be a bit dubious here, and nothing I found shows me how > to make my keymap work again unless I revert to E 0.23, which is what > I'm going to do in the meantime, as well, having my keyboard working is > a bit important :) i did give you the option of e not touching the xkb settings... if you wish to do it by hand. > (also still need to work on that window locks that don't get saved, > issue. Very perplexing) > > Thanks, > Marc > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 05:36:30PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:49:39 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said: > > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:56:31PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > repeated actions so it will have affected timing for sure and thus > > > > something that may have worked by luck before because it happened to > > > > run at time X and e change stuff at time Y now hae e changing stuff at > > > > a different time and thus overwriting any changes you made behind its > > > > back. but it's the classic "if you have 2 entities trying to control > > > > the same thing you will get conflicts and the solution is to not have 2 > > > > things controlling it". this problem is endemic throughout the x11 > > > > world as the xserver allows any xclient anywhere to change anything > > > > from screensaver timeouts, to dpms timeouts, screen resolution and > > > > layout, refresh, keyboard layout, other keymap things etc. > > > > > > Ok, thanks for comfirming why it doesn't work anymore. > > > That said, how do I get my ~/xkb-keymap loaded and working now? > > > > get your custom keyboard layout somehow listed in the system ones. > > like /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst - that's and various other > > locations are where e's xkb config tool gets the list of available layouts. > > your layout is a special one for you - and then it to be stored with the > > data of all the other system keyboard layouts... i have never gone and > > modified this so you'll probably need to google on how to do it... :) but > > if you can get it listed there. E looks in the following files in this > > order to list layouts/models/variants: > > > > #ifdef XKB_BASE > > XKB_BASE "/rules/xorg.lst", > > XKB_BASE "/rules/xfree86.lst", > > #endif > > #if defined __NetBSD__ > > "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst", > > #elif defined __OpenBSD__ > > "/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst", > > #endif > > "/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst", > > "/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst", > > "/usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst", > > "/usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst", > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst", > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst", > > "/usr/local/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst", > > "/usr/local/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst", > > > > anyway - if you read the lst files you'll see how e discovers available > > keyboard layouts and offers them in the config. > > > > But yes - e will probably override things you do by hand at some point > > and... you got lucky before. :) > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > -- > "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. > > Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP > 7F55D5F27AAF9D08 > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
