I have made a special Spanish keyboard layout that includes the German ß on AltGr-s, and the Scandinavian æ Æ (ae, AE), ø Ø (oe, OE), and å Å (aring, Aring), on AltGr-e, AltGr-E, AltGr-o, AltGr-O, AltGr-a, and AltGr-A, respectively. The € (EuroSign) has been moved from AltGr-e to AltGr-5.
This worked great on Ubuntu Budgie 21.04. I since moved back to Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 LTS (fresh install) on the same machine, copied over the custom layout, and did setxkbmap {custom_layout}. Suddenly, on AltGr-e I've got €, and on AltGr-5 I've got ½. I am not capable of seeing what is going wrong with the setup below. Can you help?
// Modified for a real Spanish keyboard by Jon Tombs.
default partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
include "latin(type4)"
name[Group1]="Spanish";
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, bar, exclamdown ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, periodcentered, numbersign, sterling ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, asciitilde, dollar ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign, fiveeighths ] };
key <AE11> { [apostrophe, question, backslash, questiondown ] };
key <AE12> { [exclamdown, questiondown, dead_tilde, asciitilde ] };
key <AD11> { [dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_abovering ] };
key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk, bracketright, dead_macron ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, aring, Aring ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] };
key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde, asciitilde, dead_doubleacute ] };
key <AC11> { [dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, braceleft ] };
key <TLDE> { [ masculine, ordfeminine, backslash, backslash ] };
key <BKSL> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, dead_breve ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "winkeys" {
include "es(basic)"
name[Group1]="Spanish (Win keys)";
include "eurosign(5)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "Sundeadkeys" {
include "es(basic)"
key <AC11> { [dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, braceleft ] };
key <AD11> { [dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_abovering ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "sundeadkeys" {
include "es(Sundeadkeys)"
name[Group1]="Spanish (with Sun dead keys)";
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "nodeadkeys" {
include "es(basic)"
name[Group1]="Spanish (no dead keys)";
key <AD11> { [ grave, asciicircum, bracketleft, degree ] };
key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk, bracketright, macron ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] };
key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde, asciitilde, dead_doubleacute ] };
key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde, asciitilde, doubleacute ] };
key <AC11> { [ acute, diaeresis, braceleft, braceleft ] };
key <BKSL> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, breve ] };
key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore, dead_belowdot, abovedot ] };
};
// Spanish mapping (note R-H exchange)
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "dvorak" {
name[Group1]="Spanish (Dvorak)";
key <TLDE> {[ masculine, ordfeminine, backslash, degree ]};
key <AE01> {[ 1, exclam, bar, onesuperior ]};
key <AE02> {[ 2, quotedbl, at, twosuperior ]};
key <AE03> {[ 3, periodcentered, numbersign, threesuperior ]};
key <AE04> {[ 4, dollar, asciitilde, onequarter ]};
key <AE05> {[ 5, percent, EuroSign, fiveeighths ]};
key <AE06> {[ 6, ampersand, notsign, threequarters ]};
key <AE07> {[ 7, slash, onehalf, seveneighths ]};
key <AE08> {[ 8, parenleft, oneeighth, threeeighths ]};
key <AE09> {[ 9, parenright, asciicircum ]};
key <AE10> {[ 0, equal, grave, dead_doubleacute ]};
key <AE11> {[ apostrophe, question, dead_macron, dead_ogonek ]};
key <AE12> {[ exclamdown, questiondown, dead_breve, dead_abovedot ]};
key <AD01> {[ period, colon, less, guillemotleft ]};
key <AD02> {[ comma, semicolon, greater, guillemotright ]};
key <AD03> {[ ntilde, Ntilde, lstroke, Lstroke ]};
key <AD04> {[ p, P, paragraph ]};
key <AD05> {[ y, Y, yen ]};
key <AD06> {[ f, F, tslash, Tslash ]};
key <AD07> {[ g, G, dstroke, Dstroke ]};
key <AD08> {[ c, C, cent, copyright ]};
key <AD09> {[ h, H, hstroke, Hstroke ]};
key <AD10> {[ l, L, sterling ]};
key <AD11> {[ dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_caron ]};
key <AD12> {[ plus, asterisk, bracketright, plusminus ]};
key <AC01> {[ a, A, aring, Aring ]};
key <AC02> {[ o, O, oslash, Oslash ]};
key <AC04> {[ u, U, aring, Aring ]};
key <AC05> {[ i, I, oe, OE ]};
key <AC06> {[ d, D, eth, ETH ]};
key <AC07> {[ r, R, registered, trademark ]};
key <AC08> {[ t, T, thorn, THORN ]};
key <AC09> {[ n, N, eng, ENG ]};
key <AC10> {[ s, S, ssharp, section ]};
key <AC11> {[ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, dead_tilde ]};
key <BKSL> {[ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, dead_cedilla ]};
key <LSGT> {[ less, greater, guillemotleft, guillemotright ]};
key <AB01> {[ minus, underscore, hyphen, macron ]};
key <AB02> {[ q, Q, currency ]};
key <AB03> {[ j, J ]};
key <AB04> {[ k, K, kra ]};
key <AB05> {[ x, X, multiply, division ]};
key <AB06> {[ b, B ]};
key <AB07> {[ m, M, mu ]};
key <AB08> {[ w, W ]};
key <AB09> {[ v, V ]};
key <AB10> {[ z, Z ]};
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "cat" {
include "es(basic)"
name[Group1]="Catalan (Spain, with middle-dot L)";
key <AC09> { [ l, L, 0x1000140, 0x100013F ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ast" {
include "es(basic)"
name[Group1]="Asturian (Spain, with bottom-dot H and bottom-dot L)";
key <AC06> { [ h, H, 0x1001E25, 0x1001E24 ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L, 0x1001E37, 0x1001E36 ] };
};
// Copied from macintosh_vndr/es
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "mac" {
include "es"
name[Group1]= "Spanish (Macintosh)";
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpc" {
// http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Spanish_Keyboard
include "us(basic)"
name[Group1]="Spanish";
key <AE00> { [ masculine, ordfeminine ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, bar ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, dead_grave, numbersign, grave ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, dead_circumflex ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, slash, backslash ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, parenleft ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenright ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, equal ] };
key <AE11> { [ apostrophe, question ] };
key <AE12> { [ exclamdown, questiondown ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] };
key <AD11> { [ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, acute, dead_abovering ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketleft, braceleft ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, aring, Aring ]};
key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde ] };
key <AC11> { [ plus, asterisk, dead_tilde ] };
key <AC12> { [ bracketright, braceright, section ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, semicolon ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, colon ] };
key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore ] };
key <I219> { [ less, greater, ISO_Next_Group ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpcm" {
// Mechanical (non-membrane) OLPC Spanish keyboard layout.
// See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Spanish_Non-membrane_Keyboard
include "us(basic)"
name[Group1]="Spanish";
key <AE00> { [ questiondown, exclamdown, backslash ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, bar ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, dead_grave, numbersign, grave ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, asciitilde, dead_tilde ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, dead_circumflex ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, slash, backslash ] }; // no '\' label on olpcm, leave for compatibility
key <AE08> { [ 8, parenleft, masculine ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenright, ordfeminine ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, equal ] };
key <AE11> { [ apostrophe, question ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] };
key <AD11> { [ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering, acute ] };
key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, aring, Aring ]};
key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde ] };
key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde ] };
// no AC11 or AC12 on olpcm
key <AB08> { [ comma, semicolon ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, colon ] };
key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore ] };
key <AA02> { [ less, greater ] };
key <AA06> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, ccedilla, Ccedilla ] };
key <AA07> { [ bracketright, braceright ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "deadtilde" {
include "es(basic)"
name[Group1]="Spanish (dead tilde)";
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, dead_tilde, dollar ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpc2" {
// Modified variant of US International layout, specifically for Peru
// Contact: Sayamindu Dasgupta <[email protected]>
include "us(olpc)"
name[Group1]="Spanish (OLPC2)";
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, dead_grave, dead_grave] }; // combining grave
key <I236> { [ XF86Start ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
// EXTRAS:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "sun_type6" {
include "sun_vndr/es(sun_type6)"
};
The output of setxbkmap -query -verbose:
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+es+inet(evdev)+group(win_space_toggle)+eurosign(e)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+es+inet(evdev)+group(win_space_toggle)+eurosign(e)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};
I can see that xkb applies a change to the eurosign. I suppose that change is made after reading the keyboard layout file (es) above. So the question is how I permanently stop xkb from making that change.
The change does not come from the keyboard configuration file:
$ cat /etc/default/keyboard
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="es"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""
BACKSPACE="guess"
I have also tried to use dconf-editor, as per this, but it only shows the options above, that is, no options. I have also tried:
sudo gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['grp:win_space_toggle', 'terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp']"
No joy.
So what is going on? Help much appreciated...
Note: The locale is en-us, while the keyboard is es-es.
