On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:01:03 +0000 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A seemingly related issued was reported on e-users: > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > The thread is titled "Problem with Polish Keyboard layout" > > Thanks Alan, I had already kicked around in that thread, and > initially I blamed my recent xorg update. Then I tested fluxbox > which had no problem reading my xorg.conf settings, so I thought it > is most likely an e17 problem. However, Carsten said: "the kbd layout > (xkbswitch) module changes layout by executing the setxkbmap binary. > e will output to stdout what it runs with "SET XKB RUN: ...." > > So, is it an xkb problem? I can change the layout if I run manually > setxkbmap gb, so what is the cause of this? I don't really > understand ... :-( That stuff is murky in my world :-( I've only ever used US keyboards so never change layouts and when I read up on how it all works I get ... mighty confused But here's my understanding of how it hangs together: xkb* is one app that deals with this, KDE has it's own app, so does fluxbox and various other WMs too. many people report that e17 doesn't work properly right now but KDE and fluxbox do. So logically speaking, setxkbmap is the app that is broken whereas the layer beneath it is fine (otherwise fluxbox couldn't work properly) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
