My method worked however I am open to new ideas. If I work the way, you suggested how can I design a way to make it easier for the students to switch between different layouts?
thanks Ben On 29 August 2010 17:01, Ben Armstrong <sy...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> wrote: > Not sure if this fully addresses your issues but live-config supports > multiple locales via 'locales=' and multiple keyboard layouts via > 'keyboard-layouts=' as per the man page, and then you just use the usual way > provided by your desktop environment to switch, as per the live-config(7) > man page: > > live-config.locales=LOCALE1,LOCALE2 ... LOCALEn | > locales=LOCALE1,LOCALE2 ... LOCALEn > Allows to set the locale of the system, e.g. 'de_CH.UTF-8'. The > default is 'en_US.UTF-8'. In case > the selected locale is not already available on the system, it > is automatically generated on the > fly. > > live-config.keyboard-layouts=KEYBOARD_LAYOUT1,KEYBOARD_LAYOUT2 ... > KEYBOARD_LAYOUTn | keyboard-lay‐ > outs=KEYBOARD_LAYOUT1,KEYBOARD_LAYOUT2 ... KEYBOARD_LAYOUTn > Allows to change the keyboard layouts. If more than one is > specified, the tools of the desktop > environment will allow to switch it under X11. There is no > default value set. > > > > On 29/08/10 09:31 AM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > SOLVED: > > I made a script called switch_keyboard in /usr/bin containing: > > #!/bin/bash > setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alts_toggle gb,us > > then added a desktop file in /etc/xdg/autostart that calls the script when > xfce starts > > xfkc is not needed anymore now... > > opinions please? > > > On 29 August 2010 12:29, Robert Spiteri <rspiter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have 2 main issues as regards the keyboard: > > > > 1. By default, I want the live cd to use the uk keyboard layout. So I > added the locales package and specified: > LH_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE="locale=en_GB.UTF-8 keyb=uk". I am using xfce4 and added > a package called xfkc to manage the keyboard layout. However when I add a > layout from xfkc ex: USA - International (no dead keys), the key mappings > remain that of UK. Is there anything that needs to be configured? > > > > 2. Is there a way to add an entry into syslinux to let the user choose > between a UK and US keyboard? > > > > -- > > > > Robert > > http://www.weavefx.com > > > > -- > Robert > http://www.weavefx.com > > > -- Robert http://www.weavefx.com
