Dmenu script for keyboard layout selection - 2021-04-04
In this video I talk about Dmenu and its usage.
I also walk you thru the creation of a simple shell script for keyboard layout selection.
The full modified script is in the bottom of the description, using test for sorting out "cancel"
Dmenu homepage at Suckless:
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
Dylanarapas pure SH bible:
https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-sh...
Full script:
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#!/bin/sh
Tiny script for selecting keyboard layout while in X
rtrim (){
printf '%s\n' "${1%%$2}"
}
declare delimiter
delimiter=" -"
declare languages
languages="se - Swedish\nus - English\nCancel"
Sending languages to Dmenu
selected=$(echo -e "$languages" | dmenu)
if test "$selected" != "Cancel" ;then
Trimming
trimmed="$(rtrim $selected $delimiter)"
setxkbmap $trimmed
fi
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