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Kalmar
Asked: 2012-10-07 04:05:03 +0800 CST

How to add greek polytonic with setxkbmap

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I want to add greek polytonic keyboard layout under Lubuntu (so in LXDE). I already realized there is no easy tool to do it with the graphic interface, so I need to use setxkbmap executing something the like of:

setxkbmap pl,gr

Now, how to make setxkbmap set the greek polytonic variant?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    To set it with setxkbmap:

    setxkbmap 'pl,gr' -variant ',polytonic' -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle'

    -variant sets variants for each selected layout and -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle' enables switching layouts with Alt-Shift.

    The available layouts and variants can be seen in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. Every layout has its file and by listing such file you can find the variants of the layout.

    (BTW the options are listed in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols.)

    If you need to make the settings permanent, instead of using setxkbmap, you can edit /etc/default/keyboard.

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  2. You can add the setxkbmap to autostart with the polytonic variant like this 

    echo '@setxkbmap -layout "us,gr,gr" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle" -variant ",,polytonic"' | sudo tee -a /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart

    This is a combination of Alt+Shift keys to change the layout and for En(us)-Gr languages switch.

    Done.

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