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XKB group switch

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Trying to implement the following for Gnome3 (Wayland) in Fedora 40. I would like to have a custom xkb symbols file, where I would like to define two layouts. 1. EURKey Layout 2. Russian Layout This because, I would like to override keys globally for both layouts at the same time. For example, change Control and Alt keys. I have defined the following xkb file test4 and evdev.xml files that live in ~/.config/xkb/symbols and ~/.config/xkb/rules respectively. I am doing this, to escape the need to have scripts or other programs solving this problem. As I would like these files to be part of my dotfiles. test4 contents:
default partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "base" {
    include "eu(basic)"
    include "level3(ralt_switch)"
    name[Group1]="EurKEY";
    
    include "ru(winkeys)"
    name[Group2]="Russian";

    key  { 
        [ ISO_Next_Group ]
    };       
};
evdev.xml contents:
test4
        eu2
        Custom EurKEY and Russian Layout
        
          eng
          ger
          rus
Then I proceed to set the input-source:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "[('xkb','test4')]"
Everything seems to load, however I notice the following issues: * after settings the sources using gsettings, the Russian layout is always selected by default instead of the EURKey layout. * the level3 (AltGr+key) symbols from EURKey Layout (e.g. ñ) are only available when Russian group is set. If I press and move to EURKey layout, I will not be able to access these keys. Not sure if this could be related to the fact that EURKey has defined 4 levels, while Russian layout only has 2. I believe the solution is quite simple, I just do not see it. Any helps to solve it is much appreciated.
Asked by Mike (111 rep)
Sep 16, 2024, 09:14 PM