dotfiles

configuration files for shell, text editor, graphical environment, etc.
git clone git://src.adamsgaard.dk/dotfiles # fast
git clone https://src.adamsgaard.dk/dotfiles.git # slow
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keyboard-layout-switch.sh (500B)

      1 #!/bin/sh
      2 # toggle between two keyboard layouts
      3 
      4 layoutfile="$HOME/.cache/kbd-layout"
      5 
      6 # define two languages
      7 lang1="us"
      8 lang2="dk"
      9 
     10 set_language() {
     11     printf '%s\n' "$1" > "$layoutfile"
     12     setxkbmap "$1" -option -option ctrl:nocaps
     13 }
     14 
     15 if [ ! -f "$layoutfile" ]; then
     16     set_language "$lang1"
     17     exit 0
     18 fi
     19 
     20 # read the language file, and switch to the other language
     21 currlang="$(cat "$layoutfile")"
     22 
     23 if [ "$currlang" = "$lang1" ]; then
     24     set_language "$lang2"
     25 else
     26     set_language "$lang1"
     27 fi