i did it for years using xkb settings. anyway, you'll be glad to know that in kde 4.1 this finally works the way it should. although kde 4 has made me switch to gnome and i don't see myself coming back anytime soon (cue flame wars. oh, it's not /. nevermind)
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Amichai Rotman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I was finally able to fix the most annoying (to me) feature in KDE: > Switching between Hebrew and English layouts using the left side Alt-Shift > key combination... > > I am sure some of you out there are still having this problem (clicking the > flag on the system tray to switch between layouts), so I thought I would > share the solution I found (based on the following comment to the bug): > > Bug 99009: Keyboard Layout - Switching lang groups does not > work<http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99009#c9> > > I am running KDE 3.5.10 on Kubuntu 8.0.4.1.Here are the steps I took > (broken down for the newbie): > > > 1. Open KControl > 2. enter 'key' in the search box > 3. Click on 'Keyboard Layout' on the top list, then on the bottom. > 4. Uncheck the 'Enable keyboard layouts' box and click OK. > 5. Open a terminal window. > 6. Edit the following file with your favorite text editor: > ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals (no need to become root (sudo)) > 7. Look for the following line: "Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=" and > change whatever is after the '=' to "Alt+Shift_L;Alt+Shift_R" > 8. Save the file and exit the editor. > 9. Repeat steps 1-3 and re-check the box you've unchecked instep 4. > 10. That's it! try it. > > I know it is very newbie-like for most of you, but I wanted to make sure > the procedure comes across the right way... so please don't flame me ;-) > > I hope I helped a least one of you out there... > > > .:====================================================:. > > Amichai Rotman > > UIN#: 6401746 > Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] > Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > PLEASE READ: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > .:====================================================:. >
