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Add Xfce keyboard tutorial to the wiki instead of linking to external GitHub repository. Tutorial now uses xfconf-query, which is the idiomatic method (instead of manually editing the XML config files)
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== Xfce == | == Xfce == | ||
Xfce's GUI (<code>Settings Manager</code> → <code>Keyboard</code> → <code>Layout</code>) is unable to set up an APL-compatible keyboard. Therefore, we must do it ourselves. | |||
Xfce ships with a utility, [https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/xfconf-query xfconf-query], which allows you to manage Xfce's XML configuration files on the command line. Enter the following commands into your terminal: | |||
<source lang=console> | |||
xfconf-query -c keyboard-layout -n -p '/Default/XkbDisable' -t 'bool' -s 'false' | |||
</source> | |||
This enables [https://www.x.org/wiki/XKB/ XKB], allowing us to manage our keyboard layout. | |||
<source lang=console> | |||
xfconf-query -c keyboard-layout -n -p '/Default/XkbLayout' -t 'string' -s 'us,apl' | |||
</source> | |||
Defines the keyboard layout itself. The comma-delimited <code>apl</code> specifies a second layout group. Make sure you replace <code>us</code> with the code for your language; a list of these can be found in <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst</code>, under the <code>layout</code> category. | |||
<source lang=console> | |||
xfconf-query -c keyboard-layout -n -p '/Default/XkbOptions/Group' -t 'string' -s 'grp:win_switch' | |||
</source> | |||
This tells Xfce to switch to the APL layout only when the <kbd>Windows</kbd> key is pressed. When the <kbd>Windows</kbd> key is released, the layout will return to its previous setting. This is incredibly useful as the <code>apl</code> layouts in XKB do not support <kbd>Space</kbd>, <kbd>Enter</kbd>, or the arrow keys (among basically all the others). A full list of possible keys for switching between keyboard groups is located in <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst</code>, under the <code>option</code> category. | |||
<source lang=console> | |||
xfconf-query -c keyboard-layout -n -p '/Default/XkbVariant' -t 'string' -s ',dyalog' | |||
</source> | |||
Specifies that the variant applies to the second layout, <code>apl</code>, due to the preceding comma. The <code>dyalog</code> variant is unique to [[Dyalog]]. | |||
And you're done! Try holding down the Windows key and pressing <kbd>H</kbd> on your keyboard — you should see a <code>∆</code>. | |||
== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||