dmitrymyadzelets / xlayout

Get current keyboard layout in Linux

xlayout

Get current keyboard layout in Linux. Based on the code of Filip Krikava.

> xlayout
Full name: Italian
Layout name: it

Compilation and Installation

You may need to install some packages for compilation:

apt install gcc x11proto-dev

Compile:

gcc -I/usr/include xlayout.c -lX11 -lxkbfile -o xlayout

Move it to a directory where your shell searces for executables. For instance:

echo $PATH
mv xlayout ~/bin/

Usage Tips

Get layout short name:

xlayout | grep Layout | cut -d' ' -f3

Alternatives

• xkblayout-state
• xkb-switch

xlayout's Issues

Snafu

xlayout/xlayout.c

Line 30 in 5955d2a

return 1;

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LDFLAGS+=-lX11 -lxkbfile

PACKAGE=kb-layout
PROG=main.c

all:
   $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(PACKAGE) $(PROG)

install: 
   install -D -s -m 755 $(PACKAGE) /usr/bin/$(PACKAGE)

clean:
   rm -f /usr/bin/$(PACKAGE)

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