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RetiredTurtle

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Registered: 2019-01-20

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How to change between multiple keyboard layouts using the same key?

I am using DWM and I want to set mod + F1 as the keyboard layout change key. Basicly, I want it to be set as setxkbmap us if any other layout which is not US and ME are loaded. If I click mod + F1 and setxkbmap us is already loaded I want it to change to setxkbmap me . Same thing applies if the setxkbmap me is already loaded.

V1del

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Re: How to change between multiple keyboard layouts using the same key?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xo … rd_layouts

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: How to change between multiple keyboard layouts using the same key?

The description doesn't sound like just toggling layouts.
If it is, defining a multi-layout config and toggling those layouts is *much* better - faster and it will not interfere w/ any xmodmap augmentation.

Otherwise try

#!/bin/sh
if [ "$(setxkbmap -query | awk '/layout/{print $2}')" = "us" ]; then
   setxkbmap -layout me
else
   setxkbmap -layout us
fi

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RetiredTurtle

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Registered: 2019-01-20

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Re: How to change between multiple keyboard layouts using the same key?

Thank you both. This solved it.