SUMMARY

( Reposted from https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-linux/2020-October/011349.html because I did not get any reply after over a month and all my web searches were not fruitful. )

Hi all!

How can I change the xkb map/keyboard layout / etc. in plasma5 + kwin +
wayland? I was able to configure it in sway+wayland right away (see:
https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/c90640879bb3f7aeddd4344125f88aa6b236a815/shlomif-settings/sway/sway/config#L228
) and I spent several hours trying to do the same in plasma5 + wayland to no
avail.

```
[shlomif at localhost ~]$ localectl status
   System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: us-acentos
      X11 Layout: us,il
       X11 Model: pc105
     X11 Variant: ,lyx
     X11 Options: compose:ralt,grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
[shlomif at localhost ~]$
```

(after a reboot)

```
[shlomif at localhost ~]$ cat .config/kxkbrc
[Layout]
DisplayNames=,
LayoutList=us,il(lyx)
LayoutLoopCount=-1
Model=
ResetOldOptions=false
ShowFlag=false
ShowLabel=true
ShowLayoutIndicator=true
ShowSingle=false
SwitchMode=Global
Use=true
[shlomif at localhost ~]$
```

tried this too:

```
#! /bin/sh
#
# apply-hebrew-keymap-for-wayland.sh
# Copyright (C) 2020 Shlomi Fish <shlomif at cpan.org>
#
# Distributed under the terms of the MIT / Expat license.
#

localectl set-x11-keymap \
    'us,il' \
    'pc105' \
    ",lyx" \
    "compose:ralt,grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"  \


```

also tried the ibus applet.

The keyboard works fine in plasma5 + x11 + startx.

I am using:

```

System:
  Host: fedora Kernel: 5.9.8-200.fc33.x86_64 x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 Distro: Fedora release 33 (Thirty Three) 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8259U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  Speed: 3722 MHz min/max: 400/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3771 2: 3782 
  3: 3781 4: 3715 5: 3748 6: 3797 7: 3792 8: 3750 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Display: server: Fedora Project X.org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 (CFL GT3) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.2 


```

I tried searching the web using duckduckgo and google and didn't find anything.
Also tried asking on several freenode chatrooms.

What should I do? I'll be content with the keyboard configuration being assigned at plasma5's session startup and not changeable at runtime.

Note that I'd prefer a solution where there is some code (in Python/etc.) to mutate some ~/.config/k* files, so I'll be able to run it without a manual GUI process.

Regards,

	Shlomi