[arch-general] Setting xkb options (xkb_symbols) via hal?

[Damjan Georgievski]

> Judging from my findings on the interwebs it is possible to pass options
> for the X11 keyboard via hal's policies.  This seems very useful for
> system-wide keyboards settings.  However, I'm having problems making them
> stick.
>
> I can do the setup via xkbcomp, and the relevant line is
>
>  xkb_symbols   { include
> "pc+gb+inet(evdev)+level3(ralt_alt)+level3(enter_switch)+compose(menu)" };

This is what I have in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi :

<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint">
 <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
</match>

so extrapolated from that, it should be something like
<merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">gb</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XkbOptions" type="string">compose(menu)</merge>
for ex.
Afaik you don't need pc and inet(evdev), since those are defaults.


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damjan