Keyboard Setup

1. Which keyboard layouts do we list? All available on the system

• query these XML files:
  • /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml
  • /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.extras.xml

2. Places where keyboard config is written

• write the file /etc/default/keyboard:

# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE

# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="${LAYOUT}"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""

BACKSPACE="guess"

• keyboard layout has to edit the following skel files:
  • for sway: write out https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-tools/-/blob/main/etc/skel/.config/sway/config.d/input?ref_type=heads
  • for wayfire: sed "xkb_layout" in the file https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-tools/-/blob/main/etc/skel/.config/wayfire.ini?ref_type=heads#L150