[arch-general] neo - german keyboard layout

[Robbie Smith]

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.