Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard layout switching with Alt+Shift

2008-12-17 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
 In KDE 3.5.10, I can't switch keyboard layouts with Alt+Shift even
 though that option is enabled in the control center:

Regional  Accessibility-Keyboard Layout
-Xkb Option-Layout Switching-[x] Alt+Shift change layout.

 The generated Command is:

setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle

 It works fine in KDE 4.1.3.  It even generates the same Command.
 Furthermore, loading the KDE 4 keyboard layout applet in KDE 3 works and
 I can switch with Alt+Shift.  The KDE 3 one doesn't.  What am I missing?

I can't directly answer the KDE related question, but I do it like this in 
my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it works fine either in Fluxbox, or in KDE (with 
Fbx as the WM):

Section InputDevice
   Option  XkbLayout gb,de
   Option  XkbOptions grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu

HTH.
-- 
Regards,
Mick


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[gentoo-user] Keyboard layout switching with Alt+Shift

2008-12-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
In KDE 3.5.10, I can't switch keyboard layouts with Alt+Shift even 
though that option is enabled in the control center:


  Regional  Accessibility-Keyboard Layout
  -Xkb Option-Layout Switching-[x] Alt+Shift change layout.

The generated Command is:

  setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle

It works fine in KDE 4.1.3.  It even generates the same Command. 
Furthermore, loading the KDE 4 keyboard layout applet in KDE 3 works and 
I can switch with Alt+Shift.  The KDE 3 one doesn't.  What am I missing?