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diff --git a/wiki/Configuration:-Input.md b/wiki/Configuration:-Input.md index 861bd207..c9ca0ba2 100644 --- a/wiki/Configuration:-Input.md +++ b/wiki/Configuration:-Input.md @@ -149,6 +149,27 @@ input { > > If the `xkb` section is empty (like it is by default), niri will fetch xkb settings from systemd-localed at `org.freedesktop.locale1` over D-Bus. > This way, for example, system installers can dynamically set the niri keyboard layout. +> You can see this layout in `localectl` and change it with `localectl set-x11-keymap`, for example: +> +> ```sh +> $ localectl set-x11-keymap "us" "" "colemak_dh_ortho" "compose:ralt,ctrl:nocaps" +> $ localectl +> System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 +> LC_NUMERIC=ru_RU.UTF-8 +> LC_TIME=ru_RU.UTF-8 +> LC_MONETARY=ru_RU.UTF-8 +> LC_PAPER=ru_RU.UTF-8 +> LC_MEASUREMENT=ru_RU.UTF-8 +> VC Keymap: us-colemak_dh_ortho +> X11 Layout: us +> X11 Variant: colemak_dh_ortho +> X11 Options: compose:ralt,ctrl:nocaps +> ``` +> +> By default, `localectl` will set the TTY keymap to the closest match of the XKB keymap. +> You can prevent that with a `--no-convert` flag, for example: `localectl set-x11-keymap --no-convert "us,ru"`. +> +> These settings are picked up by some other programs too, like GDM. When using multiple layouts, niri can remember the current layout globally (the default) or per-window. You can control this with the `track-layout` option. |