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I'm writing some scripts to automate common things like changing the language/keyboard layout or installing legacy tools like browser, passwordsafe and so on. This is designed for an Antergos installation, which itself is based on Arch Linux. My first task is changing the default keyboard layout. Although I selected German in the installation process, I got a English layout after installation.

Using the GUI, it's done like described here: http://mixeduperic.com/linux/how-to-enable-multiple-language-keyboard-layouts-in-gnome3.html

How can I set this layout programmatically? I'm looking for some kind of configuration file where I can replace the English one by German in some case.

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  • Use xprop -spy root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW then parse the output with your custom script. Commented May 10, 2018 at 15:44
  • wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/… Commented May 10, 2018 at 17:17

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In scripts I use

setxkbmap [language code]

to change the keyboard layout under xorg. To customize further,

xmodmap

can be useful too. Check also your locale configuration, see :

Locale on arch wiki

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