Keyboard Layout Switcher for two languages German and Phonetic Russian mint version Isadora LXDE

alfalive
  13 years ago
  5

Keyboard Layouts for lxde

1st Step

Open terminal menu > terminal then type this line in and press enter.

sudo apt-get install fbxkb

enter your password

2nd Step

Right click on the LXpannel. On this pannel is placed Menu, Clock, Network Connection Indicator and so on.

3th Step

Click on (Panel Einträge Hinzufügen/Entfernen). In new window click on Add (Hinzufügen) then take from the list (Tastaturbelegungschalter) and add it to the pannel.

4th Step

Open Terminal menu > terminal. Type this line in and press Enter.

setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll de,ru ,phonetic

de stands for german. ru , phonetic stands for russian phonetic layout.

you can also switch layouts with Alt + Shift

Comments
gileon 13 years ago

> setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll de,ru ,phonetic

Sorry, I am new in Linux Mint. What is the correct option to set swith layouts with Ctrl+Shift? Will these steps work in Linux Mint 10 "Julia"?