Re: [Hampshire] Switching keyboard layouts

2011-08-15 Thread Martin Elliott
Thanks Peter, I appreciate the advice. I'm probably going down the udev route, as it's something I could do with learning about :-) Thanks! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Switching keyboard layouts

2011-08-12 Thread Peter Andrijeczko
Martin I use Gnome on Gentoo Linux with a UK keyboard but occasionally plug in a Spanish keyboard when doing some language learning. With that as a core set up, I have to change the keyboard settings manually. I've never tried to do this automatically but I think it might be possible based on the

[Hampshire] Switching keyboard layouts

2011-08-12 Thread Martin Elliott
Hi all I've had a quick glance around the interweb but not found anything concrete, so thought I'd ask here for some tips. I'm in the US at the moment, and use my UK laptop for most of my work. I've just picked up an old MS Natural Pro (I love these things), but it is - of course - US layout. I