junker / stumpwm-kbdd

Per window XKB layout switcher and modeline module for StumpWM.

StumpWM KBDD

Per window XKB layout switcher and modeline module for StumpWM.

Requirements

• kbdd daemon installed
• DBUS library

Installation

cd ~/.stumpwm.d/modules/
git clone https://github.com/Junker/stumpwm-kbdd kbdd

(stumpwm:add-to-load-path "~/.stumpwm.d/modules/kbdd")
(load-module "kbdd")

Usage

;; Optional. can be defined in Xorg config
(run-shell-command "setxkbmap -layout us,ru")

;; Required. start KBDD daemon
(run-shell-command "/usr/bin/kbdd")

;; init module
(setf kbdd:*locales* '((0 . :US) (1 . :RU)))
(kbdd:kbdd)
(define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-l") "kbdd-switch-layout")

Commands

• kbdd-switch-layout
• kbdd-next-layout
• kbdd-prev-layout

Parameters

• kbdd:*layouts* - Reuqired. List of layouts defined in xorg (can see with: "setxkbmap -query | grep layout")

Modeline

%L - keyboard layout formatter

Modeline mouse interaction

• left button: switch layout
• right button: switch layout
• wheel up: next layout
• wheel down: previous layout