.SRCINFO

pkgbase = getxkblayout
	pkgdesc = Simple CLI command to read current active KB map from X server
	pkgver = 0.0.1
	pkgrel = 1
	url = https://gist.github.com/Luzifer/dccae45747a1dad41f011a01c75296a3
	arch = x86_64
	license = Apache
	makedepends = gcc
	makedepends = libx11
	makedepends = libxkbfile
	source = getxkblayout.c
	sha512sums = 74566dbe5b3d249c79155cecdd7ba60cff97272f8c6468741a676e7e6876a8fd2cac8a89058e2b7d4cff7a47174c4187649110da69fdb4a7c59e6b11c3fd7291

pkgname = getxkblayout

getxkblayout.c

// Source: https://gist.github.com/fikovnik/ef428e82a26774280c4fdf8f96ce8eeb

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <X11/XKBlib.h>
#include <X11/extensions/XKBrules.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  Display *dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL);

  if (dpy == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open display\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  XkbStateRec state;
  XkbGetState(dpy, XkbUseCoreKbd, &state);

  XkbDescPtr desc = XkbGetKeyboard(dpy, XkbAllComponentsMask, XkbUseCoreKbd);
  char *group = XGetAtomName(dpy, desc->names->groups[state.group]);
  printf("full: %s\n", group);

  XkbRF_VarDefsRec vd;
  XkbRF_GetNamesProp(dpy, NULL, &vd);

  char *tok = strtok(vd.layout, ",");

  for (int i = 0; i < state.group; i++) {
    tok = strtok(NULL, ",");
    if (tok == NULL) {
      return 1;
    }
  }

  printf("short: %s\n", tok);

  XFree(group);
  XCloseDisplay(dpy);

  return 0;
}

PKGBUILD

# Maintainer: Knut Ahlers <knut at ahlers dot me>

pkgname=getxkblayout
pkgver=0.0.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Simple CLI command to read current active KB map from X server"
url="https://gist.github.com/Luzifer/dccae45747a1dad41f011a01c75296a3"
makedepends=('gcc' 'libx11' 'libxkbfile')
arch=('x86_64')
license=('Apache')
source=("getxkblayout.c")
sha512sums=('70ed5e05254aac3cb45ce341f4b8fc6f1d4c08a0e420109f4bd4c4a10428c7d6ba0473a789fbbfa512337dd823f720a5143077116ea38379809bdb99a8a334c8')

build() {
	gcc -I/usr/include getxkblayout.c -lX11 -lxkbfile
}

package() {
	install -Dm755 "a.out" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
}

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