https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384702
Bug ID: 384702
Summary: KWin doesn't expose a way to use one keymap per
keyboard
Product: kwin
Version: 5.8.7
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: input
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: pina...@pinaraf.info
Target Milestone: ---
Hi
With Wayland, the responsibilities of the Window Manager are much greater than
under X11. I have got a quite special use case that has never been covered in
KWin or the keyboard KCM before, but with Wayland I can not use
xinput/setxkbmap anymore to work around it.
My main keyboard is a TypeMatrix 2030 with a Bépo layout (a french dvorak-like
keymap). That keymap doesn't share anything with the classical
qwerty/qwertz/azerty keymaps. When I use a yubikey to generate one time token,
I have to set the keymap of the yubikey only to a qwerty layout for it to
generate proper tokens. I also have a «classical» keyboard attached to the
computer when guests come and want to use the computer.
Right now, KWin and its input configuration system can not handle that usecase.
I must switch the keymap when I want to use the guest keyboard, that is ok, but
switching keymap every time I want to generate a token is a serious burden.
Could that feature be implemented with a configuration system like the one used
in Xorg ? For instance :
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "typematrix-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchVendor "TypeMatrix"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "bepo"
EndSection
Thanks
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