xorg server on CoderOnline

Keyboard layouts, variants and options

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:10:40 +0200

General #

The easiest way to control the keyboard layout is localectl, because that is the one-tool-for-all-solution.

localectl list-keymaps
localectl set-x11-keymap de_DE
localectl --help

However if you haven't that installed or available on your OS, you can probably find the available keyboard layouts in the manual:

man xkeyboard-config

X-Server #

available layouts, variants and models can be found with

setxkbmap de               ;# short form
setxkbmap -variant intl us ;# with intl variant (more keys with right alt)
setxkbmap -layout de,us    ;# long form with two layouts

Variants #

grep -E ^xkb_symbols < /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us
setxkbmap us -variant intl
setxkbmap us -variant colemak
grep -E ^xkb_symbols < /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de
setxkbmap de -variant neo

Options #

reset keyboard options (like caps:none or caps:swapescape)

OpenBox

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:11:16 +0100

OpenBox has no own panel. That is why it is often used together with lxpanel, but of cause any panel would do.

Keyboard shortcuts to maximize windows #

To maximize windows with Super+X horizontally and Super+C vertically this configuration can be used:

<!-- ~/.config/openbox/rc.conf" -->

<keybind key="W-X">
  <action name="ToggleMaximize">
    <direction>horizontal</direction>
  </action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-C">
  <action name="ToggleMaximize">
    <direction>vertical</direction>
  </action>
</keybind>

Also see #

http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions

xorg x11: slow/sticky keys deaktivieren

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:20:22 +0100

Something, that some window manager already could do was now implemented into the X-Server: Hold a key for more than 15 seconds to activate a key hold, so that every further key must also be pressed for 15 seconds. That behaviour is called sticky keys and it is annoying, especially when working with image manipulation programs (in which long key presses use to have a special meaning).

It is not possible to deactivate this problematic feature in the default configuration file xorg.conf yet, but there is xkbset to the rescue: