Comment 130 for bug 196277
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| Frantisek Fuka (fuxoft) wrote Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot | #130 |
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Simos,
I know I can put "XkbLayout us,cz" to xorg.conf and then switch between layouts using keyboard shortcut.
However, as I wrote earlier, my users need to switch between US and CZ layouts BY CLICKING ON SOME SORT OF INDICATOR in the Ubuntu panel, not by pressing "Alt-Shift", "Alt-Alt" or some other cryptic (for them) combination. Also, they prefer to have difeerent keyboard layouts for different windows. They are 60-70 years old people without computer experience!
From your name I'd say you are Greek so you must know how important it is for people to be able to use both US and local keyboard.
Tell me how I can do this. (This is not a rhetorical question. I really have no idea if or how this can be done.)
I know the indicator and switching start working immediately when I change something in "Keyboard preferences". Can this somehow be done programatically? For example, I could have a script that waits until 10 seconds after desktop has started, then changes some insignificant thing in Keyboard Layout settings, and re-initializes it? This could be the way, at least for now...