[arch-general] neo - german keyboard layout
hi list, i played around with neo2, an alternative kbd layout optimized for german. in my kde environment. the main concept of neo is using meta keys to shift between layers. for me, the meta4 key is not working on either side. i found some suggestions to solve this problem, but nothing worked so far. anybody out there knowing, how to fix this? and how can i enable neo in initramfs, for input of my encryption pw? thanks georg
Am 18.10.2012 22:16, schrieb G. Schlisio:
hi list, i played around with neo2, an alternative kbd layout optimized for german. in my kde environment. the main concept of neo is using meta keys to shift between layers. for me, the meta4 key is not working on either side. i found some suggestions to solve this problem, but nothing worked so far. anybody out there knowing, how to fix this? and how can i enable neo in initramfs, for input of my encryption pw? thanks georg
for the record: solved if loading map manually with setxkbmap de neo now just do it in a script, and fixed this is. anyone got a hint, how to properly write a systemd unit file for executing this command at startup? thanks georg
On 22/10/12 08:10, G. Schlisio wrote:
Am 18.10.2012 22:16, schrieb G. Schlisio:
hi list, i played around with neo2, an alternative kbd layout optimized for german. in my kde environment. the main concept of neo is using meta keys to shift between layers. for me, the meta4 key is not working on either side. i found some suggestions to solve this problem, but nothing worked so far. anybody out there knowing, how to fix this? and how can i enable neo in initramfs, for input of my encryption pw? thanks georg
for the record: solved if loading map manually with setxkbmap de neo now just do it in a script, and fixed this is. anyone got a hint, how to properly write a systemd unit file for executing this command at startup? thanks georg
Writing a unit file would be overkill. Just add the relevant lines in your script to ~/.xprofile or /etc/xprofile (for system-wide settings, which is presumably what you want.) That's what I use, and it's DE-agnostic.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 22:16:22 +0200, G. Schlisio wrote:
hi list, i played around with neo2, an alternative kbd layout optimized for german. in my kde environment. the main concept of neo is using meta keys to shift between layers. for me, the meta4 key is not working on either side. i found some suggestions to solve this problem, but nothing worked so far. anybody out there knowing, how to fix this? and how can i enable neo in initramfs, for input of my encryption pw?
For X11 and Linux console this is completely separate. For the console, you configure the keymap in /etc/vconsole.conf, and you add "keymap" to the HOOKS line in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to have it loaded early in the initrd to enter your encryption pw. For X11 you either use KDE's keyboard settings (since Neo is apparantly shipped with xkeyboard-config, it should be listed by xkb), or you just run setxkbmap somewhere in your X startup scripts as suggested by Robbie. Geert (Colemak user) -- geert.hendrickx.be :: geert@hendrickx.be :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F This e-mail was composed using 100% recycled spam messages!
For X11 and Linux console this is completely separate.
For the console, you configure the keymap in /etc/vconsole.conf, and you add "keymap" to the HOOKS line in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to have it loaded early in the initrd to enter your encryption pw.
For X11 you either use KDE's keyboard settings (since Neo is apparantly shipped with xkeyboard-config, it should be listed by xkb), or you just run setxkbmap somewhere in your X startup scripts as suggested by Robbie.
Most of the login managers (gdm, xdm, lightdm at least do) will use the $HOME/.Xkbmap file to set your xkb settings. You just put the setxkbmap options in the file, in the OP case that would be "-layout de,neo" I guess. -- damjan
Am 22.10.2012 08:50, schrieb Geert Hendrickx:
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 22:16:22 +0200, G. Schlisio wrote:
hi list, i played around with neo2, an alternative kbd layout optimized for german. in my kde environment. the main concept of neo is using meta keys to shift between layers. for me, the meta4 key is not working on either side. i found some suggestions to solve this problem, but nothing worked so far. anybody out there knowing, how to fix this? and how can i enable neo in initramfs, for input of my encryption pw?
For X11 and Linux console this is completely separate.
For the console, you configure the keymap in /etc/vconsole.conf, and you add "keymap" to the HOOKS line in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to have it loaded early in the initrd to enter your encryption pw.
For X11 you either use KDE's keyboard settings (since Neo is apparantly shipped with xkeyboard-config, it should be listed by xkb), or you just run setxkbmap somewhere in your X startup scripts as suggested by Robbie.
Geert (Colemak user)
thanks for answering. i added keymap to mkinitcpio, but where can i adjust the used layout? before the hdd is decrypted (like, say, while entering the password) it cannot access the /etc/vconsole.conf so there needs to be an other place.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 16:32:04 +0200, G. Schlisio wrote:
thanks for answering. i added keymap to mkinitcpio, but where can i adjust the used layout? before the hdd is decrypted (like, say, while entering the password) it cannot access the /etc/vconsole.conf so there needs to be an other place.
mkinitcpio will automatically copy the necessary config (/etc/vconsole.conf in this case) into the initrd image, that's exactly what the HOOKS are for. Geert -- geert.hendrickx.be :: geert@hendrickx.be :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F This e-mail was composed using 100% recycled spam messages!
participants (4)
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Damjan Georgievski
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G. Schlisio
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Geert Hendrickx
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Robbie Smith