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Keyboard

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Reference:wiki.archlinux.org
Man page:xkeyboard-config

Current settings ​

shell
setxkbmap -print -verbose 10

Setup ​

Configure the keyboard with:

shell
localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap LAYOUT MODEL VARIANT OPTIONS

Options ​

Separate each option with a , (comma).

XkbOptionDescription
grp:win_space_toggleSwitch to another layout with Win+Space.
caps:capslockCaps Lock toggles normal capitalization of alphabetic characters.
keypad:pointerkeysShift+NumLock enables PointerKeys.

Example ​

shell
localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap jp,br '' '' caps:capslock,keypad:pointerkeys

The resulting /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf should be like this:

ini
Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "system-keyboard"
    MatchIsKeyboard "on"
    Option "XkbLayout" "jp,br"
    Option "XkbOptions" "caps:capslock,keypad:pointerkeys"
EndSection

Commands ​

Options can be set for the current session with setxkbmap. Example:

shell
setxkbmap -option keypad:pointerkeys