Bug 172088

Summary: Allow to set the rules file to be used
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Bernd Steinhauser <linux>
Component: kcm_keyboard_layoutAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: arysin
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Bernd Steinhauser 2008-10-03 16:28:54 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

When creating a custom keyboard layout, one would create a new file instead of modifying an existing file, so there are no collisions.

The keyboard layout module of kde normally reads out the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml (maybe the .lst, too?), as far as I know.
To add my own keyboard layout, I would like to add a new rules file, together with a new symbols file and I would like to be able to switch to those using kde's layout switching functionality.
The problem is, that kde only reads the base* files, but ignores everything else.
My suggestion is to make it (optionally) selectable which rules files should be read to get a list of available keyboard layouts.
That would make it possible to integrate custom keyboard layouts way better.
Comment 1 Andriy Rysin 2013-02-28 04:11:38 UTC 
It's been a while since this was reported and I don't see it implemented any time soon. So not to full ourselves I'll mark it as wontfix.