#i3-wm #keyboard-layout #switch #automatic #xkb-switch

yanked kippschalter

Automatically switch keyboard layout in i3wm

0.2.1 Nov 12, 2019
0.1.0 Nov 10, 2019

#18 in #i3-wm

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MIT license

5KB
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Kippschalter

Per window keyboard layout for i3wm.

Kippschalter [ˈkɪpˌʃaltɐ] -- tumbler.

Installation

  1. Install xkb-switch (it should be in /usr/bin/xkb-switch)
  2. Install this tool using cargo: cargo install kippschalter

Usage

Just run it in terminal or in i3 config:

exec --no-startup-id /home/<username>/.cargo/bin/kippschalter

Dependencies

~2.9–4.5MB
~81K SLoC