Keyboard Layout Switch

[machinebacon]

Nothing big, just a special case situation. Imagine you have a laptop with Japanese keyboard. Whenever a US keyboard is plugged, the layouts won't match. This script will help you fix it quickly (call it from ~/.xinitrc):

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#!/bin/bash
setxkbmap jp & # set JP first
keyb=`lsusb | grep Keyboard`
[ -n "$keyb" ] && setxkbmap us & # set US if USB keyboard found

If you write an udev rule for it, the script can be run whenever the device is plugged in.

[simgin]

^ Scriptmaster Bacon :)
Nice one, thank you.

[rust collector]

aah, that is very cool!