Keyboard layout in Q4OS

What for?

Let's say so, in one place the solution was not found. After spending time working on the layout I decided to share with the community. It is useful to those who prefer switching languages ​​on the keyboard 'Ctrl + Shift' , 'Alt + Shift' ..., instead of 'Alt + Space' or 'Ctrl + Alt + K' by default.

It all started with the fact that it took a light and functional system for users familiar only with Windows with a weak hardware component. Q4OS met the requirements, but many did not take the default language switching.

Little about the system

• Q4OS is a fast and powerful desktop operating system designed to take into account a classic interface, long-term support, and a basic set of functions for running various applications. The system has high speed and low system requirements.
• Minimum system requirements: Pentium 300MHz / 128MB RAM / 3GB disk
• The system is based on Debian , the TDE desktop shell, if necessary, the system can be easily styled under Windows using XPQ4

Setting the keyboard layout in Q4OS (1.4.12, Orion)

Install gxkb - the indicator and keyboard layout switch for X11.
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sudo su aptitude install gxkb 

Or install fresher under their architecture.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gxkb/

Looking ahead, you will need libraries.

 sudo su aptitude install libappindicator1 libwnck22 libxklavier16 

Install the downloaded package gxkb_0.7.5_i386.deb

 sudo su dpkg -i gxkb_0.7.5_i386.deb 

Run through quick launch by typing gxkb
or from the console under the user .

 /usr/bin/gxkb 

The gxkb.cfg configuration file will appear after the first close of the program in the user directory ~ / .config / gxkb / .

• Right-click on the tray icon, exit the program
• We rule the created config, more detailed description of its options

Below is the modified default, with the switch layout Ctrt + Shift

 vi ~/.config/gxkb/gxkb.cfg 

 # --- > [xkb config] group_policy=2 default_group=0 never_modify_config=false model=pc105 layouts=us,ru,ua variants=, toggle_option=grp:ctrt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp compose_key_position= # --- < 

The program itself does not start (when rebooting), we add it to the Trinity autoload.
Run as user !

 cd ~/.trinity/Autostart ln -s /usr/bin/gxkb gxkb 

Turning off the system switch layout

• Start -> Control Center -> Regional and Special Features -> Keyboard Layout
• Uncheck “Enable keyboard layout switching”

Go to the tab "Xkb Options"

• Tick ​​on “Use XKB switches”
• Uncheck to “Ignore System Settings”
• In the parameters, put on 'Ctrl + Shift' (The selected one should coincide with the one specified in gxkb.cfg ) Therefore, when changing to an alternative one (for example, 'Alt + Shift'), change in two places!
• Apply -> Ok

Reboot and enjoy.

Performance tested pipeline on multiple PCs.